Sometimes the only choice left is to surrender,
To release expectations of outcomes,
To let go of dichotomous thinking and its struggle,
To open and expand in this way,
To create space to receive whatever is next.
And then to remember to have gratitude for each outcome as a gift whatever it may be.
Today I surrender, I release, I let go, I open and expand. I create space for life’s gifts to flow to me and from me.
What if…..?
All the world’s problems were solved and we lived in a true utopian society?
What tension would there be to hold the balance?
This is why we must embrace the dark with the light.
It is all part of the Tao, the experience of Life itself.
The dark of the cave is where I go to recharge, inward.
The light of day outside so bright to the eyes at times.
Yet needed also to balance too much inside.
Coming out of the cave into community again.
Bringing the light from the small internal flame that never goes out.
The hands and the feet that carry the torch.
The yin and the yang, the ebb and the flow, the inhale and the exhale.
Between the dark and the light, the inner and the outer.
Breath the air that keeps the flame alive,
Consciousness the heart that holds it.
Hope the fire of the flame,
Inside its earthen cave.
If I sit still long enough, I can listen.
I don’t always hear, but I can at least begin to listen.
Listening with intention helps.
I begin to hear the birds outside of the window.
I hear the cars buzzing by on the highway beyond.
And even though I begin to take that highway in my mind to the next great adventure in life….
The birdsong brings me back.
Deeper into my heart and into the heart of God than when I first sat down.
The listening circles back to stillness and the stillness brings ease.
Just begin. Breathing helps.
And listening to my breath allows me to maybe, if I’m lucky, hear my heart once in awhile.
Writer Delaney Sky King 