Watch, Listen, Learn

Look, listen with your heart.
  Lessons are all about, for you.

I load the new wash machine
  and watch to see how it works.

It takes five minutes to 'load sense'.
  It tests the load gingerly at first,
  slight movements of the washer drum.

Then, the drum sways to and fro,
  measuring, sensing, feeling
  the weight, the proportion,
  the balance, of this new load.

Then, it takes an initial spin,
  clothes lined against the drum
  centrifugal force holding them.

Finally, arriving at an 'understanding'
  of its load, the washer commences
  the laundry cycle.

And, I realize...
  This is a new stage of my life.
  I need to 'sense the load'.

To do that, I need to watch and listen
  carefully and openly and deeply.

Watch, listen, learn.
  Spirit is here, always here,
  guiding, loving, watching over.
  You shall Never journey alone.