It is a spectacular Colorado summer evening. I walked out of my meeting tonight and I saw the bugs dancing in the sunlit path through the tall green trees. The sky was pink and I was ready for God. I turned to my right and saw a stone labyrinth laid out before me. My feet begin walking there and I step onto the path. If you have never walked or seen a labyrinth before, the stillness of it cuts right through me. It is not a maze, but  a path to the center. When you are on the outside of it, you think you are far away from the center. And when you are walking close to the center, you are actually further away from it. The paradox of the whole thing is deafening. It makes my soul stand still. As I step on, I begin to watch my feet walk, and hear my breath pray. One foot in front of the other. At first, I was worrying about my friend. This is what I tend to do initially when someone I love is in pain. I worry and I think that in someway it might help the situation. Then, thankfully, I come to my senses and start listening. What I heard tonight is this, Put her in your feet. Great idea, I say back. So I imagine her and I put all of that energy straight into my feet. And I walk with her as I pray. Slowly letting her go into the arms of God. Step by step as I approach the center, my mind runs and I worry, then I come back to my feet. She is there. And most importantly, God it there. I get to the center, do a little stretch/dance, and begin the walk out. As I approach the exit, my foot begins to step off towards my flip flops and I hear from within, Wait. I do and I hear, Give her to me. She is mine to hold, not yours. Trust me, I will take better care of her than you will. You be my hands and feet. I will guide you and tell you what to do. But for heaven's sake, give her to me. Do not step off of the labyrinth until you do. So, I brought my foot back and waited and breathed her into my feet and felt that energy running into big Mother Earth. Then, I stepped off. I walked barefoot back to my car and felt my heart leap. I wasn't worried about her. I knew God had her. And that God was the only presence that would lead her to truth; lead her into the light. And with every cell of my being, I am down on my little knees grateful, to a Love that knows me way better than I ever will. A Love that tells me to put the cape down. It is truly laughable. And I say that with the deepest compassion for myself.

So, tonight, if there is someone you are worrying about, put them in your feet. Walk around and with every step, let them go to a Loving, Creative and Alive Love, that will take care of that person much better than you or I ever will. I just have to look at my own life. And the more I have trusted that Love, the better off I am. And the better off my life is.