Hard ground

Hard ground
The ground is always hard. It is supposed to be.
But sometimes we forget this, and we complain about it,
"Damn it hurt today when I fell."

But the softer our landings, the more we take for granted,
The more entitled we feel,
The more our egos tend to think we need to be happy-
"If only I had...
or this were better....
Maybe when...."

I fell pretty hard recently while skiing,
Not on fluffy white snow
I had never injured myself before,
And I began to think of myself as broken,
Until I realized,

We are always breaking in small ways, breaking free,
Growing and reinventing ourselves

Every new experience-- every person we truly listen to, we help
Actually helps us to grow.
And every mistake, failure or disappointment,
Contains the opportunity to learn -
And can remind us to appreciate the next step forward

This life, this day, is a brilliant gift of limitless potential!!
We have a powerful ability to Love, to Grow, to Change, to Help, to Create

It is easy to get distracted by the Egoic influence of society's selfishness, materialism
And express something other than our True Selves,

I know. My mind had been hovering somewhere else, forgetting my Purpose,
My Value

So I thank my recent landing,
Not the injury part,
But the wake up call
And reconnection

Uncertainty

When I am stressed out I have a harder time dealing with uncertainty.
It is almost a dirty word.
Because there exists a false perception that if we KNOW what is about to happen, that things will turn out favorably.
Right?
But it is a false sense of security.
Because we can never know for sure what is going to happen tomorrow,
And "control" is an allusion,
And no matter what our minds trick us into believing,
We are always OK.

There is always Light
Even in the dark moments

Tomorrow when I meet the orthopedic surgeon,
The person I believe has all the answers;
Who, because of the letters, MD-- I think he can "fix" everything (a common Western belief, even though our bodies deserve more of the credit for healing that they receive)....

I remind myself, and you,
That no matter what words are spoken in that medical office or (other difficult place you find yourself):

I am not alone,
And I am always OK
As long as I remember,
That Light