Before we went to the Church of the Reconciliation in Chapel Hill to walk their labyrinth, Chuck and I walked mine, this morning. I took a little book I have and put it in the center. then I walked in and opened the book, randomly.
The book is A Grateful Heart: Daily Blessings for the Evening Meal from Buddha to the Beatles. I have had it for some time.
In the center of my labyrinth, I opened to page 157 and read
'Tis this one hour that God has given;
His Now we must obey;
And it will make our earth a heaven
To live today - today.
~ Lydia Avery Coonley Ward
I was tickled to read "Be here. Be now." in the language of a 19th century poet.
I created a Santa Rosa Labyrinth © (designed by Lea Goode-Harris) in my back yard in 2006 with the help of my son and two girlfriends (one toted rocks, the other talked me through toting rocks). My teenager did the lion's share of rock moving. My husband did the greater part of the mowing and weed eating. In Spring of 2010, my patient husband had the whole thing mulched and we replaced the rocks. It is available for walking by anyone in the area who needs the use of the space.
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