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Ocean Floor
Mar. 24th, 2011 09:55 pmFrom The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.
This is the trick to staying well, isn't it: to feel the sun even in the dark. To not lose the truth of things when they go out of view. To grow just the same. To know there is still water, even when we are thirsty. To know there is still love, even when we are lonely. To know there is still peace, even when we are suffering.
This is very appropriate today.
Today I feel tired... not tired as in, 'I haven't had enough sleep' but tired as in weary... squashed by all the things against which I feel like I'm in a constant struggle. I know it will pass, and that tomorrow, maybe, I'll feel better.
However, in spite of how I might be, there are many things to be thankful for and to be happy about. Spring has sprung, and if you can believe it it's warm enough to walk around without a coat - IN ENGLAND! For people I love and care about, things are falling into place. My guy is happy and inspired, and that is truly a gift.
So even as I am visited by my own moment of being away from the sun, I am shown that it is still there... and like the anemone, I will continue to blossom and plume...
...but first, I rest.
To be broken is no reason
to see all things as broken.
This is the trick to staying well, isn't it: to feel the sun even in the dark. To not lose the truth of things when they go out of view. To grow just the same. To know there is still water, even when we are thirsty. To know there is still love, even when we are lonely. To know there is still peace, even when we are suffering.
This is very appropriate today.
Today I feel tired... not tired as in, 'I haven't had enough sleep' but tired as in weary... squashed by all the things against which I feel like I'm in a constant struggle. I know it will pass, and that tomorrow, maybe, I'll feel better.
However, in spite of how I might be, there are many things to be thankful for and to be happy about. Spring has sprung, and if you can believe it it's warm enough to walk around without a coat - IN ENGLAND! For people I love and care about, things are falling into place. My guy is happy and inspired, and that is truly a gift.
So even as I am visited by my own moment of being away from the sun, I am shown that it is still there... and like the anemone, I will continue to blossom and plume...
...but first, I rest.
