Goodness and Light, Bright Universe!

I awoke to clear skies and cold temperatures this morning; now, hazy clouds have filtered in, bringing a gentle snow.  Temperatures today will remain in the 20’s, with a wind chill in the teens.

Yesterday was a challenge.  Part of that has to do with a dilemma I realize I’m facing.  On my current path, I’m being offered a new notion – Truth feels freeing.  If a thought feels painful or restrictive, or is limiting or causes suffering – then, it’s not true.  That simple.

Yet, up to now, with my family, my learning, and my relationships, my life has been centered around the opposite belief – that life is hard; that life is suffering.

I’ve found my way to this new path because the old path wasn’t working.  I’ve struggled, and saw no end to that struggle.  I’ve watched too many loved ones struggle.

I believed there had to be another way.

When I try to walk my new path, here’s the dilemma that arises – a part of me believes that I’m being disloyal to my loved ones and their suffering, and I wonder if I’m just being delusional and fantastical to believe I can choose a path without the suffering.

So – Is it wrong for me to search for an end to my suffering?  Am I wrong to believe that it’s possible?

I think about how I’m living, and where I am on my path, right now.  I’m a fraction short of fifty, and I’m pretty healthy and can go out and run five miles.  My dad or mom couldn’t do that at this age, nor could any of my siblings.  Caring for myself physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and seeking My Truth – through Integrity, to Love and Freedom – is the only way I can imagine, in going forward.  And, wanting to go.

And then, I imagine the Love, Community, and Connection flowing into my life – And, that feels so good!

 

Today, I offer you this Prompt:

Dear One – the journey is so much about the internal work we are willing to do.  We have to let go of our suffering, to end our suffering.

It sounds simple – but, when it’s all we’ve known, it can seem like trying to breathe without oxygen.

That’s where Turtle Steps can help us test the waters.  Are you meditating regularly?  If you are, how do those 15 or 20 minutes feel to you?  How do you feel afterward?

That sense of peace and stillness that we discover through meditation is the promise of what we will receive through a lifelong practice of contemplation, integrity, and mindfulness.

Give yourself that gift.

 

This is the adventure I’m on, My Dear Guides!  The Middle Way – Integrity, Truth, and Freedom!  Namasté!