Peace, Great Creator!
It’s another foggy fall morning. There is no wind, and everything is still. Just about all the traces of snow are gone, transformed into vapor and part of the fog.
Yesterday was Black Friday – my second one at Bean. There’s a part of me that wants to simply declare that “We survived it!” But, my gut tells me that’s just too cliché and programmed a way of thinking.
It was busy and hectic. I work with good people, and everybody did their best and stayed positive. The customers, too, for the most part, were patient and friendly.
It’s just a lot. Especially, I think, coming directly from the holiday trip the two days before, which, for me, was all about connecting, sharing, and listening to loved ones on a deeper level.
It feels like a switch is supposed to be thrown that turns off that deep connecting. “Ring them up; get ‘em out.”
Connection is certainly more satisfying to me.
Plus, I am still holding my loved ones in my heart. I saw struggle in their lives – old age, loss, challenge, and general dissatisfaction. I am holding them in love and compassion, contemplating what it is I can do that might serve them.
I was not ready to just drop that, in order to “act” upbeat and energetic for the kick-off to the holiday shopping season. I think I served my role at work, but my heart was not entirely there.
Yet, I’m heading back again today, and three straight days after that.
These Sunrise Pages do help me, allowing me to express and cherish who I truly am.
Today’s Prompt:
Tending the Garden – Dear One, when you know what it is that you want, the next step is doing what you need to do that allows you to move toward it.
For example, I want peace and deep connection in my life.
How can I expect to cultivate that, unless I make time and space for it?
I do that through my writing, my meditation, and my mindfulness throughout my day.
These regular practices ten the garden so that I can grow and sustain the peace and deep connection I stand for.
What is it, Dear One, that you stand for? What do you want in your life?
And so, what is it that you need to do, to allow yourself to have what you want?
Being who I want to be happens by tending my garden and doing what it is I know to do. Thank you, Dear Spirits, for guiding me!
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