So, the holidays are over. What a crazy, joyful, heartwarming, and overwhelming time! The to-do lists seemed to be never ending, and life’s challenges weren’t interested in taking a break so I could, for a time, live in an idealized “holiday season” world. Now that things are moving at their usual pace (the speed of sound instead of the speed of light), I can take a breath and attempt to integrate all the happenings of the past couple of months. How do I feel about my life situation and my starting point in this new decade? What do I want to do, and where do I want to go from here?
These are the usual new year/new decade reflections, aren’t they? And I am asking these questions of myself, believe me! But, it seems that there is something even more important to reflect upon. Something that has the power to move me and potentially shape my life more than making any resolution or setting even the highest goal. It is simply this; how aware am of my own being in this very moment? How can I experience and express the very essence of my being, and what difference might that make in my life?
I know, at the deepest and truest level of my being, that we are all expressions of All That IS at our core. Yes, being aware of this within myself is key for my own continued healing, my peace and my truest joy. But my soul is now calling me to something more. What could be more than experiencing myself as an aspect of Source? Seeing, knowing and experiencing others as the same. This is the awareness that leaves me humbled and grateful to my core. This is the reality that changes my experience of life, and makes room for my life to have real meaning.
I know that as a human being I need to be mindful of my own state of being. I have to make sure I take good care of my own body, mind and spirit. This is not only my privilege, but my responsibility. Beyond this, what lights up my soul is the very possibility of being of service to the unfathomable love that animates all things. For this I do not need to plan or try or judge my efforts, or the result of anything I do. I only need to be willing to be the highest expression of light that is possible. I only need to have the trust to surrender to something wiser and more powerful than my own human mind. I only need to quiet my mind enough to hear the quidance Spirit offers me in every circumstance, and move when I’m called to move. From the bottom of my heart and the depths of my soul, thank you all for giving me the opportunity to be of service to the light that you are!
The nature of us 