The Great Introduction

The morning wander was almost a waste.  And then she asked to go to the waves herself. I will always let her set her own limits but that isn't where the lesson was this morning. The lesson was in the path she chose. The wonder. The long, winding, peaceful steps through the seaweed and trash. She studied the earth admiring every single one of its treasures. Then she stopped in her tracks as if the ocean was calling.  And she just watched it.  Took it all in. Examined the distance, the movement, the colors and I could see it filling up her tiny body. With such kindness she gently reached down and quietly washed her hands in the tides, and my heart melted, and then filled up so tightly with gratitude. As she pranced back to where I sat, she let the breeze carry the biggest smile I've ever seen. I was witness to the incredible introduction of one Mighty Being to another. The kindness and play between the two of them held silencing grace in every second on the sand this morning. Perhaps they have known each other all along, and today they met again.