Saturday, July 4, 2009

Independence Day

I would like to wish everyone a great Independence Day celebration, whatever that might be. I like this holiday because it can be applied to not just the freedoms our country stands for, but also a life free of personal tyrannies. Sometimes this liberation is a chosen path when life is simply going wrong. Other times it can be thrust upon us when life appears to be going as planned. Whether or not we expect or appreciate it, whether or not it is a gentle push or a jarring blow, it comes because it should.

Everyone loses something very dear to them at some point in their in lives. I have spent the past year rebuilding after losing something I spent years working on. As time has taken me further away from that moment, I realize more and more how unhealthy it was for me to live in. No matter how beautiful I thought it was or could be, or how dedicated and supportive I thought I was or could be, or what dreams and desires I thought there were or could be, it disintegrated for a reason. I needed to be alone in the world in order to face my next challenge. I needed to break myself down to the point where none of it mattered. I needed the loss, the emptiness, the loneliness and the pain to be so raw and so real that the only possible next step was forward. Forward to healing. Forward to knowing. Forward to accepting. Forward to conquering. Forward to serenity. Forward and onward. Forward and onward.

Although we may lose something that was built upon the ideas of love, beauty, commitment, honesty, cooperation and respect, we should never lose the capacity to feel them again. To survive loss you must apply them to yourself. Learn to love yourself. Find beauty in yourself. Commit yourself. Be true to yourself. Don't fight yourself. Respect yourself.

In time you'll find that day you once considered the most devastating in your life is your own personal Independence Day.



© 2009 Uncover/Recover

Friday, July 3, 2009

The Sense That...

You're not simply moving forward through life, but exponentially through each obstacle.
Each challenge launches you farther and faster, straighter and truer, more streamlined and wider-reaching than before.
You're closer to the frequency of the energy around you.
Your posture is a little more natural and your gait is a little more confident.
These days are more intoxicating than any tipple could possibly provide.
This time could not have come at a better period in your life.
Every moment you feel more human than the last.
If you've made it through this past year, you can make it through the rest.
Everything that's been subtracted is less than what you've added.
The next breath will be deeper and fresher than expected.
There doesn't need to be a limit to anything.
At times a free-flow feels better than meter and rhyme.
The sun and the moon and the stars are always there.
This life is yours and yours alone.
You wouldn't exchange it for anything, anyway, anyhow.
Soon everyone will see exactly why
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