Sunday Musings – March 19, 2017
This week was filled with many reminders that perhaps our purpose in this life journey is indeed two-fold:
· To practice accepting one’s humanness on planet earth and all that that entails.
· To practice lovingly and accepting humbly the reflection of our ourselves in the rest of creation, particularly other humans.
Many events of this week reminded me of these lessons. These included:
· A cold which brought me to a slower pace and at times to a complete halt unable to complete the items on “THE LIST” or only completing them over a period of days rather than the time I had allotted.
· An opportunity to quit lying to self. I would tell my friend Becky I was, as she advised, completely resting only to then list the top 20 items that I decided I had to complete.
· A visit by dear friends I have known for approximately 44 and 28 years respectively. Despite my energy still being low I managed to fix a lovely meal here giving us a chance to visit and to then spend a day in Pittsburgh together. We have practiced accepting our similarities and differences for these many years. Well, I am not sure we have practiced so much as we just show up when possible, share details, opinions and emotions without putting any limits on our unconditional love.
· To witness the pain that we humans can cause each other by denying our reflective humanness. I was honored to spend time with some calling themselves clients and hear their stories while bearing witness to their pain. Every time I am thus honored I am reminded of the need to tell our stories to ensures someone bears witness to our pains as well as our joys.
· Many reminders that we humans are both stronger than and more fragile than we sometimes believe.
· To know that I have a responsibility to the body politic while ensuring that I am not taking on responsibility for the pain caused by the actions of others. The serenity prayer often comes to mind these days.
· The world does not end because I was not well enough to honor all my commitments to others, clean my house as thoroughly as is normal for me, or stubbornly attend that symphonic concert which of course, did quite well without all my constant coughing and sharing of germs!
· Mother nature does her thing regardless of the wise counsel which I so freely and frequently offer.
On balance, it was both just another basically routine week of a very ordinary human– a blip – and, yet, viewed from the perspective of a star a magical set of interactions - a dance both choreographed in motion.
Later today I will ride with friends to Pittsburgh to attend a performance of the Pittsburgh Symphony. I will allow myself to be absorbed into the dance of the notes on the various instruments which although directed by a very talented conductor will, at another level, be infused with the soul of each player. All those notes will then play and both honor the original composition and, simultaneously create a new composition which will invite each listener to add their own passion and silent reflections. That is the magic of this life dance.
Written March 19, 2017
This week was filled with many reminders that perhaps our purpose in this life journey is indeed two-fold:
· To practice accepting one’s humanness on planet earth and all that that entails.
· To practice lovingly and accepting humbly the reflection of our ourselves in the rest of creation, particularly other humans.
Many events of this week reminded me of these lessons. These included:
· A cold which brought me to a slower pace and at times to a complete halt unable to complete the items on “THE LIST” or only completing them over a period of days rather than the time I had allotted.
· An opportunity to quit lying to self. I would tell my friend Becky I was, as she advised, completely resting only to then list the top 20 items that I decided I had to complete.
· A visit by dear friends I have known for approximately 44 and 28 years respectively. Despite my energy still being low I managed to fix a lovely meal here giving us a chance to visit and to then spend a day in Pittsburgh together. We have practiced accepting our similarities and differences for these many years. Well, I am not sure we have practiced so much as we just show up when possible, share details, opinions and emotions without putting any limits on our unconditional love.
· To witness the pain that we humans can cause each other by denying our reflective humanness. I was honored to spend time with some calling themselves clients and hear their stories while bearing witness to their pain. Every time I am thus honored I am reminded of the need to tell our stories to ensures someone bears witness to our pains as well as our joys.
· Many reminders that we humans are both stronger than and more fragile than we sometimes believe.
· To know that I have a responsibility to the body politic while ensuring that I am not taking on responsibility for the pain caused by the actions of others. The serenity prayer often comes to mind these days.
· The world does not end because I was not well enough to honor all my commitments to others, clean my house as thoroughly as is normal for me, or stubbornly attend that symphonic concert which of course, did quite well without all my constant coughing and sharing of germs!
· Mother nature does her thing regardless of the wise counsel which I so freely and frequently offer.
On balance, it was both just another basically routine week of a very ordinary human– a blip – and, yet, viewed from the perspective of a star a magical set of interactions - a dance both choreographed in motion.
Later today I will ride with friends to Pittsburgh to attend a performance of the Pittsburgh Symphony. I will allow myself to be absorbed into the dance of the notes on the various instruments which although directed by a very talented conductor will, at another level, be infused with the soul of each player. All those notes will then play and both honor the original composition and, simultaneously create a new composition which will invite each listener to add their own passion and silent reflections. That is the magic of this life dance.
Written March 19, 2017
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