I wanted to send you a special audio message during this dark time of year, whether you are filled with joy and surrounded by healthy loved ones or grieving a major change or loss…or both.
2010 has been a big year for many of you. Our world is changing rapidly, and sometimes change is painful, even as it brings new vision and possibilities to light.
My wish for you as we close out this year and prepare ourselves for a new one is faith. Not the kind of faith many religious institutions demand, where you are asked to believe in what you can’t see or know first-hand.
But faith in life itself – that you as a blessed recipient of life can rest in the knowledge that you are loved and needed. NOW. Not later after you become more successful, a better partner, thinner, healthier, kinder. NOW.
Life has been unfolding for millenia without you worrying about a thing. Life doesn’t need you to worry, it needs you to have faith.
It needs you to notice that bright blue stellar jay foraging around in the un-raked leaves in your yard, the extra-yuminess of that third cookie, the sheer bliss of a kid anticipating.
I was out in my yard yesterday in an unexpected spot of sunshine. I noticed that there are already buds on some flowering trees. They have faith in spring. Trust them.
In 2011 may you find many occasions to remember, embrace and embody your true calling. Because life needs you NOW, as you are, in your full glory, uniqueness and fragility.
And thank you for the amazing and life-giving opportunity to ride shotgun with you on the Open Road!
2 responses to "Special audio blog – faith in life during dark times"
December 20, 2010 at 5:52 pm -
lovely words of truth and widson, jill.
blessings,
janet
December 20, 2010 at 7:13 pm -
Thank you, Jill! Things are changing so quickly and life seems so chaotic and dysfunctional. But, as you say, the buds on the trees have faith, and we can join in. You know, maybe because of the turmoil, one of the things I am gaining more faith in is that the world DOES need us now – perhaps more than ever! And I, for one, want to be stepping out in FAR greater faith in 2011!
blessings,
kamala (shawn)