Let’s Wake Up!

Remember Snow White and the Seven Dwarves?  Cinderella?  Pinocchio? So many more stories ingrained in our psyches?

How deeply are we living out these fairy tales without being aware?

Which one can you name in a flash? Are you holding onto a theme for your life?

Could it be time to retire it?

Personally, my nickname for years was Sleepy, of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.  I had and still have the good fortune of falling asleep within moments, and waking up rejuvenated, though not typically at dawn.

I also was sleep-walking, as in living in denial.

What if we wake up to new layers of understanding the power we’re given to create our lives?

Let’s say that again, in case we were dozing.

What if we wake up to new layers of understanding the power we’re given to create our lives?

No matter which religion we are, or race, or gender, or any other dividing line we name…political party, economic strata, health, weight….

Do we believe these divisions matter?  Do we live our lives constrained by them?

What if I said these separations are illusions?  Have you heard this, read this, or attempted to test it out?

Have you felt love and connection when you meet the eyes of a stranger, when you’ve helped a neighbor who becomes your friend, when you’ve tucked in your child?

Can we open our hearts to others who seem unlike us to see outside ourselves with fresh eyes and our opening hearts?

For today, pretend the obese woman in line in front of you is in you and you are in the obese woman.

For today, stand breathing near the cosmos in your garden, and exchange loving energy with her.  Feel that you are her and she is you.

No, I am not crazy.

The other thing I’m not is a woman walking around with the nickname Sleepy any longer.

I’ve been waking up past my ego mind that separates everything into my soulful being that believes in the oneness of all that exists.

Now my nickname is joy-bringer.

I’ve been led to heal into my given name and into deep peace and joy.

Gratitude is my main feeling, as I’m now LIVING, as opposed to spinning in my head about what someone said, or blaming my parents, or wishing my life was different.

I’ve been on a path to heal into layer after layer of genuine, soulful, authentic versions of myself.

We all are.

We all are growing, changing, and healing our whole lives.

If we’re not asleep.

If we’re in denial, or don’t want to feel our emotions, or believe our bodies are separate from our minds, and more….we may be blocking our growth.

Yes, we of free will need to choose.

We choose to remain closed, tight, believing what we’ve always believed, knowing who we’ve always known, and doing what we’ve always done.

Or we choose to open, lighten up, believing in new information to grow.

My wish for you and for the whole world is that more people can awaken, heal into their peaceful selves, adding their light and love to LIVING.  Awake, with one another, in friendship and joy.

 

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