A wiser woman taught me over coffee
to live above
whatever this world gives me.
The best thing is
that it is not invisible
it is something we can see!
"I don't know"... she whispered kindly
..."about you, but I am a visual learner."
So, then she held her hands flat downward
hovering close above the table.
Our coffee mugs rested full,
cold and by now, undrinkable.
"See"... she told me gently,
"this is what is happening to us down here..
do you know...
that moment where your feelings take over
and threaten to control you,
as it happens to all of us
and we can also do to others?"
Then she raised her hands up over her head
as high as she was capable
still facing downward
high above our table.
Now saying joyfully,
"Up here, this is where God sees all of our lives"...
At that I took a sip
and into cool liquid I took a dive.
I shiver, sigh and think
now i'll have to spend another five!
Then she continued...her hands still raised up high,
"this is where I try
to go to live
to see , what's happening...to you and me,
when I can't see anything clearly
I go to see what God...
you know... how He sees all of us
and loves us all completely...
you just can't imagine the peace that this brings me."
Suddenly I stopped thinking about my cold cold coffee
because it began to taste
so so much sweeter to me...
For this truth, I could now see
was so right, even in the cool cup I was drinking.
For this wise woman who taught me
how to love everyone and everything....
even cold coffee...
she forever changed where I was living.