"sometimes you hear a voice through the door calling you... this turning toward what you deeply love saves you."
~rumi
i have a list on the ole ipod that is called "opening up wider"... the songs are fluid, i add and subtract from this list every few days, and i try not to think about it too much. if the cursor hangs over a song for more than a moment, it gets dropped in. if i fast forward through a song even once, it's not feeding me in that moment, so, off it goes.
the idea is to stay open. to stretch myself a bit wider. and here, music is the guide. i love hearing what song will come on next, and to think about why i'm hearing that one at that moment. what message it has for me today that it didn't yesterday. it can be scary and exhilarating all at once.
and i must admit it's what encourages me to trust in the universe as deeply as i do.
so. here come the questions...
*what helps you to open up wider?
*do you think you need to open wider?
*are there any parts of you that feel closed?
*where are those parts? and why do you think they're closed?
*did anything happen to you today that opened you wider than you were yesterday?
my answer to this: of course.
this morning, when i woke up, it was so dark. and it felt cold. and i didn't want to get out of bed. but of course, i had to. so i went, still sleepy, downstairs, and already, a change was happening outside. i could see there were clouds in the sky. and suddenly, the clouds were warming up.
they were turning
deep red.
hot pink.
burning orange.
brilliant yellow.
and i stepped outside to get the full view.
the leaves on the trees seemed to have changed color overnight.
there was a symphony between the sky and the trees.
just for me.
it was a hallelujah kind of a morning. a greater than anything i'd ever known before morning. a don't forget this next time you're wishing to roll over kind of morning.
wider.
turn towards that which you love. for love is the opposite of fear. and love is always right. always open.
wider.
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