Saturday, March 22, 2014

OUTgrowing...


 

We ARE

Ever-GROWING

As long as

BREATH

Pulses

Through

Our Bodies

OUR

Spirit

Ushers

US

Into

MORE

Of

Who we ARE

NOTHING

Stays

The Same

TRY

As we

MIGHT

We can’t keep

LIFE

At Bay

HOLDING Back

Denying

The Growth

Walking around

In

A LIFE

That doesn’t

FIT

Anymore

Is

MADNESS

Inner turmoil

Battling

An IDEA

Against

The Truth

ACCEPTING

We

GROW

And

GROW

Even when

We ARE

GROWN

Of

A Certain Age

Living a Life

That appears

To be

The pinnacle

OUT-Growing

Happens

As

We ARE

Ever-GROWING

From

The INSIDE Out

From the OUTSIDE In

Events

Circumstances

ROCK

Us

Dismantle

A Life

And

We GROW UP

Up

Up

Up

Like

A SUNFLOWER

That Must

Face

The SUN

That Must

LOOK

To the Sun

Even when

The Winds

The Storms

KNOCK

Down

The Stem

The Blossom

Lying

On the Ground

Seeming

UNSUPPORTED

Ever-Held

By

This LOVE

This INVISIBLE

Force

The SUNFLOWER

Does

What it Must

To GROW

OUTgrowing

Is

Painful

YET

It’s PROMISE

The HOPE

The MORE

To Come

The BEAUTY

That Awaits

Makes IT

Hurt SO GOOD

We do what

We MUST

We Kick

We Scream

We Curse

And

We SURRENDER

Allowing

LIFE

To

FLOOD

Through

US

Take

US

On a JOY Ride

Into

The NEW

Discovering

Wandering

LETTING GO

And

REACHING

For

The More

All the GOOD

That comes

That is sure

To come

The SURPRISES

Of

LIFE

Unwrapped

Uncovered

In

PERFECT

Time

The PLAN

So Divine

UNFOLDING

US

Who we ARE

Today

Now

OUTGROWING

Expanding

Stretching

ECSTATICALLY

Dancing

We SEE

The Amazing Grace

At work

In IT

ALL

Ever-PRESENT

Ever-LOVING

Escorting

US

Into

What’s Next?

For

Our HIGHEST Good

And

GREATEST Joy.

When I look back on the whole of my life, I see clearly the necessity of outgrowing; and how it all led me here to this moment, to this day, to this life I love fiercely that continues to surprise me in the new depths I am privileged to experience that fill me with awe and gratitude.  Nothing stays the same.  We cannot stay the same.  It is painful to box our Self in attempting to fit into a life where we used to dance free but now, it is confining.  As we grow up and out, we must leave the safety of the known and enter the unknown which is both exhilarating and terrifying.  Our very nature requires change as we are ever-growing as long as breath pulses through our bodies; but oh my, my! We resist change with all our might, kicking and screaming; cursing the gods before surrendering to the flow of life, trusting everything is for our highest good and greatest joy.  Outgrowing, the process of letting go and reaching for more makes sense on a purely logical level; but when we are growing up and out, we must call on the amazing graces of the universe always at work, this force of love ever-holding us even when we appear unsupported.  This net, the web of life is tethered to us, pulsing kryptonite through us so we can leap tall buildings in a single bound, jump across canyons, climb the mountains, cross the bridges, go down the roads with no end in sight and do what we must in order to give birth to our Self again and again and again until our last breath.

The invitation this day is remember:  YOU are a SUNFLOWER who will find your way to the sun even when you feel knocked down and unsupported in the outgrowing of life into new life.  Accept that OUTgrowing is a part of life.  And call on this love within you, sipping from this well ever-springing, receiving this divine power that parts the seas and moves the mountains and is the miracle maker.  One step, one breath, one moment at a time, walk your path knowing even in the midst of unknowing that it is all good; certain even in the midst of uncertainty that you are being led into the more whose time has come to play, to sing, to express as only you can for the joy of it.  Let the energy of hope ever-spiraling through you:  mind, body, heart and soul carry you into the Beauty that awaits as you free the passion, this love you are that grows and grows because it must.    

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