I used to Perfect my excuses, so much so that most invitations simply petered out and stopped. To receive this powerful medicine of silence has been amazing and fascinating. What it’s allowed and brought has been “Inconvenient Guests”. So yes I entertain Many guests at this time of year but they don’t tend to come wrapped in tinsel with cheeky bunches of mistletoe and their timing is not always convenient. And yes I know each of their names, none are strangers, each is well known to me. It’s not Quite the seven Dwarves!
Here and there, they arrive, sometimes on their own, sometimes in small or maybe larger groups, sometimes a few groups arrive together … Sadness, grief, melancholy, discomfort, pain, lethargy, exhaustion, heartbreak, loneliness, crabbiness, crankiness, grumpiness, discouragement, worry, anxiety, fear, impatience, intolerance, irritation, confusion, frustration, hopelessness, distrusting, isolation, jealousy, envy, insecurity, self-concious, world-weary, suicide, protection… and on in their infinite flavours of the Divine… all asking for entry to the home of my belonging. If I turn them away or ignore the doorbell, they might decide to gatecrash with more of their friends and wreck the house and burn it to the ground with an almighty wild storm, so without resistance, I leave the door open and invite them in with a hug.
All they want is to be seen and witnessed and when met with the fire of my radiant heart they are Transformed with speed into Beauty and Grace. Then they quieten down and hang out with silence around the fire and the warmth and then without telling them that they need to go, they take their coat, kiss my cheek and leave with a rosy open glow about them, knowing that they are loved and are welcome to visit my home.
This human experience is Full spectrum, it comes with a Plethora of colours and shades and Each has medicine, Each has teachings, Each has belonging. For Sure, I have preferences and the Radiance of Joy is Profoundly Exquisite to bathe in But the FULL meeting of ALL of it, with Nothing turned from, not Even the Darkest Shades, is where the Treasures of GOLD are found and the Full experience of the Gift of being Human.