Hopeful

Good morning, everyone. I don't have much to write about today, but I wanted to report some positive news from the weather forecast: rain! Rain is expected next Monday the 1st. And we have partly cloudy days every day this week. I have been praying, "Clouds gather round from far and near; angels kindly shed your tears." 

It looks like the clouds are gathering round, and I am being heard. Finally. We desperately need the rain. I have not just been praying for rain for us but for the areas in the state that are under siege by wildfire. I have put the whole state of California under this prayer.

I do a walking meditation on this prayer almost every day. I feel that prayer is my mission in life, to pray for the whole world and its needs. There must be some people to accomplish this while everyone else goes out into the world to get things done. There are groups of nuns who don't go anywhere, but who pray for everyone outside their cloister. I am not cloistered, but my disability prevents me from having an outside job, and so I use my time to pray as well.

Once again, today's tea is Assam. I have the most of this tea, I am running out of my green tea. I feel like Assam tea is one for a state of relaxed alertness, perfect for deep prayer and contemplation. There were supposed to be clouds today; I don't see any. I am sick to death of seeing the sun. Hopefully this rain forecast will come true, despite the odds. I am hopeful.