Then We Can Talk About Wings

Notice all the ways that you resist love

When the words from this message from the ocean fell out of my heart and mouth, they landed at my feet with a thunk(!) I’ve needed to hear these words and feel the thunk(!) many times since then.

Today, there’s a spot on the sand right beside me; plenty of room for us both.

Let’s listen together.

Me

What would you have me know today?

The Ocean

Know that you are loved.
Know that you are held.
Know that you are seen.
Know that you are cherished.

How else could it be?

All creation is loved and seen and held and cherished.
I know it doesn't always feel that way.
Sometimes it feels like being tossed and churned and discarded and discounted and beaten down.
The trick is not to suffer your suffering.
It's not easy, but it's simple.

Today, notice all the ways that you resist love.
That you resist simplicity.
That you resist an impulse.
That you feel threatened.
Notice every moment where you feel out of step with time.

Then fall back into the moment.
Or forward or down or up.
Fall into the moment.
Let it hold you. Stop resisting.
Feel what you feel. Think what you think. Want what you want.
Love what you love.

Remember that you are mine.
As long as you remember, I am yours.

Breathe in life.
Let it animate the life within you.

Your shoulders carry the weight of this lifetime and many others.
That's not what they're for.
Put down what you’re carrying.

Then we can talk about wings.

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