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Friday, May 24, 2024

Spaciousness and Renewal, Bits from Journal Entries

As I sat down here, I fell into the spaciousness of my life. 

 

Just taking it piece by piece: this is how I really need to live life these days. 

…Matters of the heart. Spirit. Divinity. Grace. Creativity. Service. Humility. I am opening to a vast landscape. 

...I can scarcely fathom it. I can feel the largeness of life coming toward and filling me – like an ocean wave. But I am not tousled by it, just baptized once again.

 

Focusing on intimate connection with others, opening to whatever the moment brings – loss or renewal. Allowing the spirals of this life to journey through me. 

 

Letting go of the clouds in the mind and opening my eyes to this moment’s spring glory: countless bright green leaves blowing against the steady backdrop of sea blue sky. 

 

It is not the question: “Can we do this?” Rather, it is the practice of how

 

 

Allowing everything to become spacious (which requires relinquishing a hold on control), stepping up to what is before us, will lead us anew to the honest possibilities of our lives. 

 

(Excerpted from a post in May 2012.)