For Two days this April I spent some time in Vallencia, a town or small city up the mountain form Dumaguete. I had thought it was going to be for a series of meetings - but as luck would have it, it turned into more of a retreat, a chance to read, write,and enjoy my location.... And I took full advantage! One thing that the two locations I spent most of my time in had in common- was the number of stairs. Cassarorro falls is reached after 335 stairs. And the river behind the wellness center - also a large number of steep stairs.
But both of these staircases lead down. Every time I began climbing down these staircases an old song "Stairway to heaven" ran through my head. I even found myself singing it without even realizing. I had always imagined that staircase would lead up, somewhere in the sky or beyond. But when a butterfly landed on my hand - and stayed there for almost 20 minutes despite me moving - I was forced to consider an alternative.
What if the real location of peace harmony, wholeness, was always supposed to be right here on earth? How differently would we treat our world and each other if instead of trying to make it to heaven - we tried to make heaven here? God's kingdom right here on earth?
When you picture the stairway to heaven - which way does it lead?
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