The Tenderness of Life

The great tenderness of life can be expressed in a cat snuggling next to your leg or your dog sighing on the sofa next to you, in your feeling the profound relaxation of sitting after a walk or in the morning tea slipping deliciously down your throat. The wind of tenderness can blow right through you and you may wonder how many times you have missed it, but when you are here, present, in the moment to receive it, it is unmistakable, unrelenting, unbidden, purposeful. You are caught off-guard by its gentleness, by its compassion, by its light touch.