The breeze at dawn
Has secrets to tell you
Don't go back to sleep
You must ask
For what you really want
Don't go back to sleep
People are going back and forth
Across the doorsill
Where the two worlds touch
The door is round and open
Don't go back to sleep
Rumi
Has secrets to tell you
Don't go back to sleep
You must ask
For what you really want
Don't go back to sleep
People are going back and forth
Across the doorsill
Where the two worlds touch
The door is round and open
Don't go back to sleep
Rumi
Our journeys hold meaning when one takes the steps with eyes and ears wide open. Meaning and truth can both enlighten and frighten......awareness is not for the faint of heart is it? When you think about it, enlightenment can be quite painful, especially when it strikes a the chord tied to a sense of losing your way. It doesn't come with a map you can hold in your hands. Rather, the map is found in the internal wintering of the soul where mysteries untangle at their own pace. Change disturbs. Change rattles. Change is life unfolding.
There's lots of time to sleep............later. Now, is the time to figure it out. Now is the time to tackle that nasty irritation........to push through the heartweep felt when heels are dug into resistance.
Today, is a new day, fresh with no mistakes. Don't go back to sleep. Chaos never lasts. Enlightenment comes after the storm.
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The word prompt this week at Sunday Scribblings is "change"......good old rollicking change......the kind of rattle felt south of the border this week. Yes YOU can.........change. For more coinage, click HERE.
12 comments:
This is a beautiful blog.
Thank you Christy. I appreciate your feedback.
An inspiring reminder of the work ahead for every one of us.
change is an opportunity...
Change is a process - it doesn't happen overnight - and mistakes will surely be made.
It feels to me as though each morning is a change, a change from the day before. x
I like the idea of staying awake...now more than ever.
i for one am scared of both change and enlightenment.. i wish for it,, i wonder about it,, but i cannot seem to make myself do it...
very fine writing here.. .
If only our journey came with a map. Wouldn't life be easier. Loved the poem. BJ
Granny Smith...it is hard work indeed, and hopefully for everyone of us it does bring calm at the end of the storm.
Lilly....true....opportunity whether you like it or not.
Stan....it is a process that's true. I just wish there were times when the process could be sped up so we knew how the damn change was going to unfold and get it over with.
Niki...we'll never have yesterday again.....every day is truly unique, though arent there bunches of them that seem very much the same? :)
lilibeth....i do too, both personally and for us globally. I hope that Obama can harness this and lead the way to some extent. However, it is hard work and painful too. Some days it's easier to crawl back under the covers. Most days really. But, then life passes by and you're left holding an empty vessel instead of one that could be filled with delicious morsels.
Paisley...i hear you loud and clear as I try myself to get unstuck.
That was a truly beautiful post, thank you for sharing it with us.
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