Her response to my attention made me realise that being attended to is a common desire for all of us and when someone gives their attention to our hearts, our bodies or our souls it causes something to settle within us. It feels good when someone truly listens as we share something meaningful or painful, a deep shoulder massage relaxes weary muscles, sitting in an attentive silence with others brings stillness to obsessive thinking and to-do lists.

The Holy Spirit is ever attentive, always present and always responding to our desire for attention even before we know it’s what we need. She dances through our lives in every moment always aware of what’s going on in our hearts, heads and bodies. She is fully present to all of us, even the things we try to keep hidden. She is weaving, moving, working, allowing, opening, making a way, and creating the path along which we can walk. She acts, responds and provides in more ways than we will ever know. She knows what we need more than we know it ourselves.