Grip

i am loosening
my grip not losing
it; see the difference?

(haiku by me, 6/6/10)

also:

"The heart that
breaks open can
contain
the
whole universe."

(Joanna Macy)

ON THAT SWEET NOTE, I'M OFF TO BED. I am so relaxed and trusting and present, looking at cameras and cooking and drinking tea and feeling blessed, thankful, loved, and connected. Last night I was cracking up, and the laughter let the light in. For that, too, I am thankful. Blessed be.

Choice

I have lots of choices about what to "do" and I find myself wanting someone ELSE to tune into my intuition and guidance and heart and tell me what I want. It doesn't work that way, I know, but the desire to know with every inch of my being that what I am doing is what I am guided and called to do is strong. I say that when I decide to do what I am called to do it will be like magnets, but I think my mind recreates magnets as well, so some of the pull comes from true energetic sources, and some of the pull is mind-manifested. What now, brown cow? How about being present - softening and staying, as Pema Chodron says. Staying with my breath and this moment, right here, right now.