Balance

Balance

I have my time on the seesaw to thank
for teaching me the importance of balance.
I learned how much I hated being held hostage in the air
and not being able to take turns going up and down.
Being able to take turns going up and down
or working with my friend to see if we could keep
it all in one place and us balanced
was when I had the most fun.
It was this joy
that taught me how important balance is
in my life.
Balance is not always physical,
sometimes it is about balancing my vices with my virtues
and teaching them to work together.
It is about seeing how the light and the dark
work together to strengthen and inform us.
It is about learning to balance the times I feel called to conform
and the times I need to express my freedom and self expression.
It is about knowing when I need to discipline myself and
when I need to let my imagination soar.
it is about finding that balance between questioning and accepting.
Balance is about allowing our opposites
and the opposites in the world to attract
and to bring out the best in each other.
Balance is not about either or.
It is about both and
In the midst of it all,
we experience balance.

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sons from the Darkness

Lessons from the Darkness

We all have those moments
where we feel overwhelmed,
scared,
frustrated,
and sometimes even angry.
We may feel like this is one of those
dark moments in our life.
I felt this way yesterday
and just wanted to cry, but then the lesson came
and reminded me this darkness
was a door,
a pathway to the next blessing and phase
in my life.
It was, and is, about to introduce me
to new people, places and things.
Was it as I or others planned? No.
But once I let the fear go,
and walked even closer with the one I trust,
I was reminded of the words from Psalm 23
Even though I walk through the darkest valley,[a]
    I fear no evil,
for you are with me;
    your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.
The lessons I am and will learn
are already comforting me
in part because the Ultimate is with me
teaching me
even from the darkness.

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Dancing with the Darkness

Dancing with the Darkness

I wish I could say I have never been depressed,
faced the darkness in my life,
had to move through the storms,
or encountered any challenges in my life,
but I would be lying.
One thing I have learned in my journey,
is that the journey to the light
requires walking through the darkness.
The journey is not an either or,
but a both and
journey to the light
and peace
which surpasses understanding.
The journey there however,
is never easy
and filled with those moments
that break us,
tear things away from us,
challenge us to
overcome what lies before us
and move through it
over it,
and passed it.
It is never about the darkness,
but how we dance with it,
what we learn from it,
how we allow it to bless us,
and help us grow.
It is not just a dance with the darkness,
but preparation for the master class
with the light.

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My Cave

My Cave

My wife laughs at my cat and I
because we love to sleep
with the blankets pulled over our heads
as if we are in a dark cave.
I cannot speak for the cat,
but I love my cave.
There is something dark, peaceful,
and inspiring about my cave.
It is the darkness of my cave,
that thoughts come to me ,
words flow through me,
understandings emerge,
and I see beauty and gifts,
in otherwise challenging situations.
It is in my cave,
that I am given eyes that can hear
and ears that can see.
I find myself blessed with insights
which evade me in the light.
My cave may be dark
but it is warm, comforting,
and filled with treasures.

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My Darkness

My Darkness

So often, we are told to fear
the darkness.
Darkness can be
damaging and empowering.
Darkness is about how we approach it,
how we see it,
and how we embrace it.
My darkness has ushered me
into new phases of my journey with the Ultimate.
My darkness has allowed me
to cross into the lightest of experiences.
My darkness has offered me an opportunity
to release and let go.
to grow and evolve,
to learn and transform.

My darkness
is not about evil,
it is about the light
which leads me
to places I could not go
had I not traveled through it
or understood without it.
My darkness
is not permanent, but temporary,
not static, but evolving,
not evil, but divine.
My darkness is a gift
which I accept, learn from and move through.

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My Nap

My Naps

In some monasteries
they sleep with the lights on
to teach their brains
to focus on the brightness.
I love this idea,
but there is something
to be said
about the growth
which happens in the dark.
It is what I love about napping.
It is that time,
when I cuddle up under the covers,
like a seed in the dirt
and allow the fertilizer from above
to speak to me,
whispering wisdom,
offering guidance and
helping me grow
in the darkness of my nap.
Then I break through
the ground of my covers
and re-enter life
transformed and renewed
because of what happened
in the darkness
of my nap.

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Darkness and Light

Darkness and light,
they are not as separate
as we would want them to be.
It seems like each step
I take towards the light,
I see a bit more of the darkness.
With each step I move forward
I am confronted by that which
I need to let go of.
it is like a dance with the partner
I want to be with
and the shadows that live within me.
I tell myself I can do this
and the shadows surface and
remind me all I need to let go of
the self doubt,
the fear of being abandoned,
the voices saying I am not enough
and then the light speaks to me
and reminds I can do this
and I will never be alone
and I have everything I need
to achieve my dreams
I just need to believe.
So I focus on
believing and achieving
and know that I am not alone
in having to find the courage
to battle my darkness.
In the process,
I give thanks for the darkness
because it brings me
closer to the light.

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