A SOUL FULL OF STILLNESS

    Ineffable!  There are no words to describe my experience this morning on Falls Lake in my blue kayak.  The stillness!  A diamond necklace of iridescent sunlight in the dark water!  Birds winging and singing! The stillness filling body and soul!

    My prayer was simple: Please, God, let me keep this stillness, this quiet, the sight of ninety shades of green in the April trees surrounding the lake. The blue, blue North Carolina sky filled with the new day’s sun. 

    Perry, my good friend, had driven my kayak to the lake in his well-equipped van.

 He helped me get into the kayak, easing my old bones into the seat, placing the life jacket behind my back, handing me the paddle.  When he pushed the kayak into the water from the landing, I filled up with tears of joy!  The eight years of waiting to return to Falls Lake made that moment very special.

     I’m home now, with a soul full of stillness, warm and dry, remembering, gratefully…the ineffable!