God, Goodal and A Dove

God, Jane Goodal and A Dove
Orlando Lujan Martinez

Jane Goodal said "the sacredness of Nature and God surrounds us and is in all living things and inanimate matter and life is one interconnected whole."

A mother dove built a nest on a vega (post) protruding from a wall on my adobe home and soon two baby birds were born.
Several times a day I would stand below the nest, I did this because I believe that God wanted me to interconnect with nature and knew for certain the mother dove would understand. I look up and coo to her and the baby doves, sending them a message of love and friendliness. I wanted her to know that she and her chicks were wonderful and welcomed.
The mother dove look down on me with that one peaceful eye, on the side of her turned head. She was happy with her two young doves. She was a symbol to me of God and Nature. Then one day they were gone and I missed them.
The next day I walked out of my home in the peaceful and light of morning, the mother dove flew down, from the sacredness of Nature and God, fluttered close to my shoulder and landed directly at my feet, then waddle off watching me, her head turned side ways, with one peaceful eye, saying "Thank you for caring." I cooed back "Your welcome." I knew that God was here at this moment.