Finding the courage to carry the beautiful question

When we close our eyes in this time honoured way, step back from the world as we’ve known it. Where are we going? What are we asking for? Are we moving towards something that’s tangible to us? True for us and maybe even recognisable to others?  Will it help me reconcile with my past? Enable me to welcome the future? Will it restore my restless body and calm my wayward mind? Will it grace me with the courage to let go of things that I can no longer serve, or that can no longer share themselves generously with me? Will it make me more discerning, warmer and more welcoming? Will it forge toughness and resilience when I have to adapt, accept and let something be itself, allowing it to grow into the shape it was always meant to. Will it nurture my sense of connectedness with a larger world that’s vital and alive?  Will it dress me with a sovereignty and integrity that can carry my thoughts and actions truthfully through all the situations I find myself in? Will it encourage me to say yes and ennoble me to say not now, not like this. Will it kindle a curiosity about my life and the way I’m made. How it’s possibly nothing like the way I’ve been led to believe. And much much more than I could possibly anticipate. The answer is not a singular ‘yes’ but a continuous affirmation as you take the invitation to arrive ever more fully, faithfully and courageously back into your life.

(Portrait of Julia)