Talk with him or her often.
Ask him to remind you to be wide-eyed.
Seek her counsel and lean into her innocence.
Think back…How did you see before you were taught in/out, up/down, left/right, right/wrong, or winner/loser?
The inner child knows these answers.
Before we started to analyze everything we simply experienced everything.
So may you……simply…
………………………………………..experience…
………………………………………………………………..everything.
The you that is truly you will be so glad to see you again.
Everywhere and all the time the universe is trying to teach us something, show us how reality works, and peak our curiosities.
Or to put it another way, Light, Love, and Life are always jockeying for your attention and oozing through everything.
The moment becomes electric once you enroll in the mysterious, gratuitous game of “I spy” that is to be had in the midst of all your moments.
Today, think to yourself, “everything is my teacher.”
And everything could mean…
Gardens.
Smiles.
Another’s tears.
The breeze.
Water.
Fire.
Soil.
Flavor.
Meals.
The dishes.
The pile of legos.
The laundry.
The lawn.
The stars.
Process.
The seasons.
Friendship.
Hardship.
The ocean.
Laughter.
Art.
Your pain.
Another’s pain.
The world’s pain.
Pleasure.
Sunrise.
Sunset.
AKA everything.
Did you see hurry or busy mentioned in anything above?
Then why give them your eyes, energies, and hands?
Why allow them to be your boast?
The question on the other side of the veil won’t be “What did you do?”…it’s going to be “Were you even there?”
Conversion isn’t one and done.
It’s everywhere…all the time.
…is happening for you.
And it’s meant to happen through you.
Call it God, call it Source, call it Energy, call it Spirit, call it Light, call it Love.
It’s A-X) and Z) All of the above.
And it’s here.
It’s now.
It’s among us.
It’s at hand.
And the only place we can ever get it is here in the now.
So don’t run from it.
If it has shown up as your life, then it’s meant for your good, for your being, and for your becoming.
We get to be human.
Say it with me.
…speak with light and love?
…celebrate the success of another?
…earn our 10,000 hours?
…become a redemptive presence in our relationships, careers, and lives?
…ask greater questions?
…be ok with greater mystery?
…not fight the current of process?
…enjoy the process?
…love an enemy?
…forgive an enemy?
…dare to be seen?
We tend to find ourselves in one of three camps…
Two of these are cuffs on the hands of our hearts and souls.
One of these breaks the chains.
Ashton.Gustafson 