What quiet wonder I sit in these days. Emotions come and go and I can just watch them, even choosing to let them move consciously, freely, unobstucted through me whether what they bring is tears...or smiles. This journey within, home to myself has been fascinating to witness and partake of. Sometimes it has almost been like watching a play with me in it. Years ago, I found an Alanis Morissette song entitled, "That I Would Be Good". At the time it was something I wanted for myself, but didn't possess. Now, although it's not 24/7, it's probably 23/7 that I can accept and love myself despite my humanness. The gift of it all, is in loving and accepting myself, I received the unexpected presence of unconditional love for others. In seeing and embracing with self-compassion my own vulnerability and be soft with my expectations of myself, I can allow others the same. We are all just soft, mushy centers and I am beginning to see that the hardness of others that I experience is not so much a reflection on their rejection of me, but their own external, protective armoring, protecting their own soft centers; always placed initially for good reason. When and if they choose to break it down is of no consequence to me, unless invited. Can I love myself, and them, in my own and in their armoring, and stay present to it all? I have reconnected with an inner knowing which allows me to trust the pace and course of each day, knowing that when it's time to evolve, or sometimes even dissolve, it will happen without any help from me.
The prompting surfacing lately has been a quiet, "Be Love"
Barbara Marx Hubbard first exposed me to the concept of a Prime Question. Right now I seem to be seeping in the question, "What can love heal?" For years I have used what I have come to see as Yang energy, trying to help the human body how to heal. Now, with my body not so keen on deep tissue bodywork, I seem to be lead into exploring the more Yin energy of healing through the power of love. And so it goes....and where it leads, not even I know.
I share with you that song. I invite you to listen and enjoy and enter the journey...
How can you open to self-love and acceptance?
Where are you being harsh with yourself?
Where do you need to give yourself a break?
How does that same behavior or attitude show up in your relationship with others?
Do I judge others value...when they 'do nothing' or I don't approve of their behavior? Judge their mental or physical health, their body size or shape?
Just take one day, perhaps even one hour and watch your thoughts....how are you judging yourself and others?
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