I am Here

Today we hear a voice calling our name; we will answer tomorrow. Tomorrow comes, the same voice, the same call; again, it can wait until tomorrow.  This happens again and again until, eventually, we don’t hear a voice only because we forgot to listen. The answer to the voice was not a search, it was not a hunt, it was a mere, “I am here”, and we didn’t even do that. Now, we awake in the chaos of the morning, in just enough time to do what needs done and be on our merry way.  We fill the day with more chaos, deadlines and calamity keep our head spinning. Then we turn to the night, filled with exhausting and the attempts to unwind from the day.  Chaos and calamity our namesake while exhaustion our captor.  Where do we go from here?  How many roads have we chosen?  How many paths cut?  How could we possibly find our way back to the voice when we don’t remember from which direction we came?  Our captor reigns with terror and doubt; night becomes our anxious moments securing deprivation as its chains. If only we had the key. If only we knew the way back. A moment of clarity in the exhaustion...the heart speaks, the voice heard, this time we respond, “I am here”.  The sun gently kisses our cheeks as it raises for the day, no chains do we have, and the voice, again, calls out our name.  Without hesitation we respond, “I am here”.  The sun rises high, the birds chirp, the bees buzz...the key? The road?  How?  Wordless words echo the soul, “It is a journey from within, a journey of which I am always present, with you. Call My name, silence your mind and there you will always find me.  Let us walk, let us journey this life together.”  All this with a simple, “I am here.”