By Joe Mazzella
Somehow moth larvae have found their way into my home, because for the last several days I have seen baby moths flying around or resting on my bathroom walls. I have had quite a time catching them one by one in the palm of my hand and putting them back outside so they wouldn’t starve to death or become a spider’s dinner. Still, it was worth it seeing them fly free each time I opened my back door and let one of them go.
Well last night I was walking my dogs for the last time of the day just as the sun was going down and the sky was starting to darken. I saw my daughter’s cat sitting under my maple tree waiting for my daughter to come out with her dinner. In the meadow behind the graveyard, next to my house, a deer was eating the fresh, summer grass. And to my great joy I saw that the fireflies had returned blinking their butts on and off and making this world more lovely with each flash of their light. Taking this all in I just stood there in awe at this wonderful world with all of its beauty and thanked God again for creating it.
Just at that moment one of those baby moths that I had freed from my house flew up to me and landed on my arm. It fluttered its wings in thanks and then took off again to enjoy the life it had been given. And as I watched it fly away my heart soared with it. It was a moment of pure peace and perfect joy, a moment that my simple words can never fully describe here.
We all live in this world but so few of us take the time to really see it, to truly enjoy it. Yet, God who Loves us so much, who created this glorious world we live in, wants us to see the beauty all around us. He wants us to enjoy this life. Most of all, though, God wants us to take our place in His world. He wants us to choose love. He wants us to shine our light. He wants our souls to fly. He wants us to join in the oneness of all things. May we always do so.
