Sara and I have been friends for a long, long, blog time. Almost 20 years. (Click on the blue to visit her blog.)
Anyway, a couple of days ago she wrote: “So, years ago I found the sweetest little rock heart out on our field stone sidewalk. I’ve been saying hi to it every day for maybe five or six years and possibly longer. I don’t remember when I first saw it. It was about the size of a dime, and it was always nestled in a shallow hole in the big rock it chipped off from. I was always afraid I was going to lose it, but never picked it up because I thought it was selfish and it was probably happy out there with their rock friends and it enjoyed saying hello back to me as I came and went. Some days I’d think that maybe I should send it to you to share the joy and also I knew you’d take good care of it, but I waffled on whether or not it would want to leave and how much I would miss seeing it…and about two weeks ago the house power washed and washed the sidewalk and I’ve not been able to find it since :’-(. ”
Then I wrote back to her: “I, too, have left heart rocks to nestle among their friends. As you know, I have often walked by and said Hello. Then one day they would be gone.
Moved on…so to speak. To bless someone else, who takes the time to ‘see’. Don’t be sad. It was time for the rock and for you.
I have even moved rocks into a special rock garden, where they lived with heart friends for years. Then suddenly I would find one slipped off its spot
and clear over nestled in the Iris, or the Sunflowers, or by my stone dragon. The earth knows what is necessary and what is needed. We just have to
say a wee good-bye for a spell. Who knows, it may come back; you will find it in a special place.”
Then she wrote back: “These three rocks used to be one, and my tiny heart used to live in the divot at the bottom. I guess all the rain weakened it and broke into a BIG heart with two friends to keep it safe. Now this heart is about 4″ across.
Your message about maybe it was time for the little rock to move was just what I needed to hear.”
(I think the little heart/big rock/Mother Earth wanted to let Sara know she is very much loved. For that is a BIG heart, now. )
The ways of the Universe, Mother Earth, and our universal love for each other are always so profound. (This is reprinted with Sara’s permission. 🙂 )
From My World to your heart,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 