Holy Leisure

The weather was so enticing today that I spent some time by the water. After an appointment in Tacoma I stopped on Ruston Way and sat on a bench, drinking in the misty blue of Commencement Bay and the skies above, gazing at the water, the rocks, the slow-moving ferry and sailboats. I watched spring unfold in the form of young mothers with babies in strollers, a boy on a skateboard, a young woman skating. Later in the day, before a meeting, I was on the waterfront in Olympia, walking and looking at the boats. One was named "Quiet Time," and another "Opus Dei." I was reminded that taking some quiet time really is Opus Dei, the work of God, and my life contains more joy when I honor this truth.