Stillness, Dear Creator –
There seems to be a pattern that on my days off, I often wake with a headache. It has happened again today. I still feel like I’m fighting something off; I’m not outright sick, but I definitely feel less than 100%.
I stayed in bed, hoping the headache would go away. It didn’t.
So, it’s a little later, and the sun is up. The eastern sky is covered in a low, thin layer of dappled clouds brightened from behind by the sun. The western sky, though, is just about cloudless.
One Life. It’s time that I start living fully; no regrets; no wondering “What if…?”
Because, I believe, it’s worse to fear an answer, and therefore never explore the question, than to get to the answer, whether it’s what I hoped for or not.
I mean, really, what would it be like to – meditate for three hours a day, or at a week-long or month-long retreat; journey on the Camino; lead workshops in mindful awareness and integrity; share and spread my practice of loving-kindness and peace; travel the world advocating love, joy, kindness, respect, and forgiveness? What would I be like?
This year has been a greater level of self-exploration, risk, and daring than ever before. I have explored and answered some important questions – What would it be like to write every day? What would happen if I shared my writing? Am I capable of learning a new skill like kayaking, to a degree that I can be a competent instructor? What would happen if, instead of pushing against and resisting Fear all the time, I just release it?
The Truth is, I feel that I’ve been guided to ask these questions. And, in daring to explore them, I have received answers beyond what I could imagine, and I have grown in ways and directions deep and wide. I am pleased with the person that I have discovered myself to be, and so many things for which I have learned that I am capable.
So, here is a Prompt for Today:
Here we are again, Dear One, at the edge of curiosity and creativity.
List ten questions that you ask yourself – “What would it be like to learn ______?” “Wouldn’t it be fun to ______?” “Am I capable of learning to ______?” “Am I brave enough to try ______?”
Look at your ten questions, Dear One. Are you happy with never knowing the real answers to your questions, with assuming the negative about yourself?
Write a few lines for each of your questions, about the best possible outcome you can imagine, if you were to explore each possibility.
Most times, Dear One, it will turn out even better than you imagine!
Dear Guides, thank you for offering me My Path to Purpose and Fulfillment! With Love!
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