As spring begins, and the sun peeks through the clouds often enough that it feels real, I am so grateful for every bit of the growth and change that it represents.
The first thing that happens is a sense of wonder, of awe, of vast relief that the season is opening up and going outside doesn't require rain gear! Buds are appearing. Ferns, like the ones at left, are unfurling their beautiful shapes and colors. Flowers are appearing in great abundance this year after the record amount of rainfall. Roads are opening, difficulties are easing.
Then, I begin to notice how MUCH growth there is! Suddenly, the grasses are tall, and the paths are full of growth that will have to be handled, somehow. Could it be that there's MORE TO DO???
Who, exactly, is going to do it all?
For not only is there a huge garden to tend, but a huge mission to accomplish. I am firmly committed to making the most of this precious life, and helping others to do the same. I begin to have the feeling that I am this tiny person in the scheme of things, that only by reaching out and finding others of like mind will I ever be able to do even a portion of what my heart and mind know is possible. There is so much beauty, so much potential, so many people who have vision and are seeking for ways to express it.
And so, I write about it. For it is by putting my thoughts into words, and sending them out into the world, that I find those who understand what is in my heart, connect with them, and find the community that I seek.
It is through writing that I offer my gifts, my commitments, my purpose, to the world.
What would it be like to connect with your highest potential and really express your truth in the most powerful way ever devised by the human mind? Language, the thing that gives us the power to imagine and to transcend, to become more than we think we are, can be the tool that takes you where you want to go.
If you KNOW that it's a big deal to take on expressing yourself, you are on to something. Your message is big, maybe so big that it seems TOO big. Break it down into little bites. Take the first step on the great journey. Open up and let the world know the things that only YOU know, about the wisdom you have gained in life, the skills you have, what's in your heart.
