I'm a Sucker for Feathered Friends!

Look who came for a visit this morning!

I woke this morning with an idea to extend the InnerConstellation August loving-kindness theme* to loving-kindness towards others, then, literally, this opportunity happened....

Loving Kindness to Feathered Friends
©2014 Karla Johnston, InnerConstellation.com

Sickening crunch of bird hitting window, you know the sound.

I go outside to find

an olive colored bird,

belly up.

Extend a hand,

right the tiny body

and give her a soft place to land,

carry into rising sun and wait:

I take in each feather on her exquisite frame

while remembering safety, strength and warmth--

feel it in my whole being.

When eyes flutter and head droops,

I speak softly her perfection.

Twenty minutes go by like this until

well-wishing becomes reality

and in a perfect instant

she simply takes flight

onto a pine branch
waiting to receive her. 

Please consider doing an act of loving-kindness toward another today, I'd love to hear about it!

*If you'd like to receive the Inner Constellation Monday-Friday Blessing in your inbox, please contact me to receive this gift.