KNOWING
We ARE
The OFFERING
Standing
In
This LIFE
In
This MOMENT
With
Our HEARTS
Wide OPEN
Our INTENTIONS
Pure GOODness
Springing
From
The TRUTH
This LOVE
We ARE
Doing
Something
For Another
Without
EXPECTING
Anything
In
Return
NO AGENDA
Simply
Feeling
MOVED
To ACT
To DO
To BE
Connected
To
OUR Self
To
ALL
Interconnected
FEELING
The Whole of the
Universe
Within US
Flowing
FREEING
Dancing
Poetically
PERFECTLY
Singing
This LOVE Song
We ARE
In the Flesh
Living
The PASSION
Excited
By
This GIFT
This CELEBRATION
LIFE is
For NO Reason
And
A Million Reasons
HERE
We ARE
So BIG
We just can’t
KEEP It
To
OUR Self
Our Cup
RUNNETH
Over
And
Over
Spilling
INTO
The HEART
Of
Humanity
ALL
Of
Creation
This Collective
SOUL
Expressed
As
YOU
ME
US
The WHOLE
Infinity
Echoing
Through
Your PRESENCE
Pulsing
Through
Your EYES
Twinkling
SHINING
Remembering
We ARE
ONE
The TRUEST
GENEROSITY
Is
INSPIRED
Our SPIRIT
Soaring
In The
MOMENTS
Of
LIFE
We Pick
Others
UP
UP
UP
Showing
Them
THEY MATTER
They can
REALLY FLY
We ARE
Born
To FLY
Our HEARTS
Fueling
This SACRED
Dance
Moving
US
Unfolding
US
TOGETHER
INDIVIDUALLY
Our Shared
Heart
Revealed
IN
Acts of GENEROSITY
Daring
To
CONNECT
And
LIVE
Wide OPEN
Heart
To
Heart
Human
To
Human
Soul
To
Soul.
I
looked out my window Saturday evening and saw beautiful young ladies dressed in
gowns – splashes of green, coral, orange and red. It is not uncommon in Nashville to see girls dressing wearing floor length dresses so
at first glance, I just thought: How pretty!
And then, I realized it was prom night. I flashed back to a night in April of 2008,
my late-husband, John and I were having dinner at our favorite restaurant in
Brownsburg, Indiana along with our niece, Andria. Seated next to us was a group of 14 teenagers
out on the town dressed elegantly and laughing out loud having their pre-prom
dinner. We told them how beautiful they
looked and had a brief exchange. John later
called our server over and told her that he would pay for their dinners asking
her not to tell them. But the server was
so touched by John’s act of generosity that she couldn’t resist; she had to tell the group. They got up from the table and the guys shook
John’s hand thanking him and the girls all hugged him – they were in disbelief
that someone could be so generous to complete strangers. They asked if we would take a picture with
them so they could always remember John.
As
I recalled this moment, my cup spilled over and over, I could feel my heart
panging and opening. That act of
generosity which was pure goodness, this love we are still lives in me. The power of generosity is immeasurable and
the miracles it creates, we cannot even comprehend with our finite minds. John’s generosity lives on even though he is
no longer in physical form. His
generosity wasn’t just him paying for the dinners, it was him being inspired to
act and following the call of his spirit; it was him seizing the opportunity to
connect and to let them know they matter.
Heart to heart, human to human, soul to soul, he changed their
lives. He opened them to the Beauty of
living, the joy of celebrating life individually and collectively. And I have no doubt those kids who are now in
their twenties still remember this moment and will remember this act of
generosity the whole of their lives.
The
invitation this day is to stand in the moments of your life knowing you are the
offering and there is nothing greater you can give this world than you; Acts of generosity spring from this
love you are. Claiming this truth, you
must share your Self generously all day long because it feels damn good. You matter so much that withholding this love
you are causes you pain and stifles your flow of joy in living. Living open, freeing this love, scattering
our seeds of promise everywhere we go makes every day a celebration. Walk your paths with your hearts wide open
and watch them open wider and wider than you knew was possible. Be generous being YOU!
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