painted sky

"the common cold may be good for me. last fall I contracted a cold. for a day i neglected letters, phone calls and e-mail. i left the newspaper on the porch. sitting in bed, i watched a beam of sunlight come through the window and strike the blanket. outside, trees blew in the wind. i noticed the light, the birds, the rhythm of the floating clouds. i became aware of the Tao, the spirit of life that daily moves around us and within us.

so I decline to curse the common cold. this simple illness is a message from the Tao. it says, slow down. be calm. i am missing seeing the world. life exists in a snow flake."

that's where *i've* been. where have *you* been?