How can I live my life in Beauty each day?
What are some ways in which I can open my heart rather
than clenching (in fear, anger, dismay, self-deprecation, judgment)?
The idea of living in the questions requires that we
craft for ourselves uniquely applicable questions—open-ended questions—inclusive
of the others in our lives.
In this moment,
What is being called forth out of me? and
How can I find the courage and strength
to offer it to the world?
How can I consciously and deliberately walk away from
us/them polarities, even as I hold my values about how the world could be more
compassionate?
I thrive when I show up fully: being whole and offering
that wholeness to others, to my work, to this sumptuous land on which we walk.
I imagine now that I am a tree and my feet have grown
roots that branch off, that begin to burrow deep into the soil even to the
fiery molten core of this earth—source of volcanoes. And my hands reach up,
fingers outstretched and my arms embracing the air, caressing Beauty and Pain:
this Life.
I stand firm on the ground—body solid as the thick bark
of the Douglas firs, hair shaggy as the redcedar, skin wild as the alder—and I
am intertwined with all that is…feeling from and offering to the soil.
On what do you stand solid, open-hearted? For we each add
nourishment for the growth of this world.
(Excerpted from blog post on 3.30.12.)
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