Queen Anne's Lace in our meadow, 7/28/09
What if you could trust that you were held and helped every single step of the way in your life? That everything you needed would be there in the perfect time for you?
How would you live differently?
What if what you thought were the weeds of your life were really the most precious flowers?
Would you love more? Enjoy each step of the journey more? Delight more in whatever occurs in your life?
What if you knew how important your unique gift was to the entire cosmos? How needed your unique expression was to the expansion and growth of the universe?
Would you get committed and go for it (big and small dreams alike), no holds barred?
What if you knew there were a myriad ways (many more magical than you could ever dream up yourself) that you could fulfill any intention, including your life purpose?
Would you bloom bigger? Trust more? Have more fun?
What if you knew that these questions were true? As true as the law of gravity and as a count-on-able, too.
Would you let go of the worry and the fear? Would you surrender and allow the beautiful flower you are to really bloom, grow, shine into the world?
Well, would you?
I would.
And I am.
It's been a beyond-words-amazing couple of weeks.
I learned a lot about fear and even more about releasing it.
I found a space so wide and full for the most profound gratitude and trust I've ever felt in my life.
And I tapped into new wells of joy for the delightful journey that life is.
Sure, there is more to learn. And more to integrate.
And I'll probably forget, from time to time.
(which is why I've put regular, daily practices in place to help me remember!)
But from now on I'm committed to seeing everything — me, my life, you, even the muck and the mire — all of it — as the most wonderfully abundant garden, full of nothing but ever-blooming flowers and nary a weed in sight.
Tell me, are you seeing weeds — or flowers?
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