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On my way to the Health Food Store to attend their Earth Day special, I spot two men, who may be homeless, sitting on a bench in shade, bundled up against the wind.
I feel grateful I can scoot into the store without a jacket, and without engaging with them, since my time feels tight before heading home for an appointment.
Later, my brain and heart begin to explore how I feel about encountering homeless souls and how I might respond next time.
When I ran into homeless men in the past, I would briefly engage with them, and give them a snack from my car or bag, or some money.
Something in me now longs to linger a bit longer, open my heart a little wider, listen a moment more, offering a mirror of presence and care.
Could I do that, while not feeling threatened, or overly vulnerable, or too forward?
I’d like to believe I can hold wise energetic boundaries while offering some compassion I couldn’t offer before, when my heart was even closed to myself.
Hmmm…
What does this musing post bring up in you, dear reader?
Do you have a story to tell?
Do you rush by? Offer change or currency? Feel guilty later?
Is there an ideal response to encountering these dear souls, who are One with us?
Well, there likely are LOTS of good and not so great ways to respond.
Maybe I’ll look into this more.
An idea enters….what if I write a letter ahead of time, sharing with them my heart, maybe putting it in an envelope with $10 or $20.
Could I look into their eyes, offer love and compassion, and hand them a prepared envelope filled with my heartfelt blessings?
Today, I’d like to think so.
Today, I’d like to try that experiment soon.
I believe it will give each of us a gift.
And I believe that’s a big part of why we’re even here….to offer one another the gifts of being SEEN, with some love added in.
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Homeless on our streets are without a physical home.
People with physical homes may be homeless within.
This actually may be the larger problem in society.
How many people are lost in their egoic minds, fears, wounds, and struggling to get by in their lives?
How many people have healed into presence, balance, compassion, kindness… their wholeness beyond right and wrong?
Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing
and rightdoing there is a field.
I’ll meet you there.
When the soul lies down in that grass
the world is too full to talk about.
Do you sometimes feel bogged down with life?
Could you use a reminder that your deepest longing is to heal into the soulful person you are created to be?
Would you like to evolve into a version of yourself filled with peace and joy?
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