The Way

Idyllic times exist mostly in moments. Expecting more is not being very realistic. Life is filled with transitions and they, by their very nature, require some work.

Sometimes I am working towards a goal, but mostly I just have a general picture of what is ahead, or what I might like to be ahead. I learned a long time ago that making that picture too detailed eliminates a lot of wonderful possibilities. Those curves in the road can lead to some amazing places and I want to see them when they show up.

Much of the heartache in this life comes when the video in my head stops playing before I am ready. It is my nature to want to hold onto things, but most of my life has been spent letting go. It can be painful, but pain is okay, it can be a great teacher. It can also be very liberating.

Little by little I learn what is truly important and what is only illusion, or even delusion. Blowing these things away in the space of a breath, I breathe in the joy and peace that instantly follows. I may have to do this a million times, but eventually it works and there is an awful lot of peace in between. It is a learning process.

Not everything is painful. There are sweet lessons and beautiful lessons and sometimes just plain old everyday lessons. Eventually I learn to eat when I am hungry, sleep when I am tired and note the bumps in the road are not road blocks unless I make them that. I try to remember that the way I am walking, is my Way. Yet, it is your Way too, because I am you. I breathe in and you breathe out. I breathe out and you breathe in.

We are one in love, the art is learning to notice that.