We all have a beautiful picture of the idyllic life we would love to live, but real life happens every single day. Every day of laughter and joy. Those days when every thing seems to be falling apart. Every day.
There are times when our crummy circumstances are entirely of our own doing. I won’t elaborate. I know mine and you know yours. There are times when our circumstances are not of our own doing but we find ourselves in the muck anyway.
Maybe…just maybe part of emerging as the people we were always created to be is to embody a gritty authenticity; walking, moving, and breathing in this life honouring the hard days, speaking truth, and looking for the good and the beauty in everything and everyone.
Holding space for gritty authenticity is not easy nor for the faint of heart.
One of my foundational truths is trusting that the Spirit is in the world seeking to make the world a better place for every creature to live and that this earth must be cared for just as we care for our own loved ones. We can only accomplish that with the gritty authenticity to be able to see through different eyes than our own, to find the goodness, beauty, and truth amid the muck and mire.
A blessing for this last Friday of Winter:
May you be filled with gratitude.
May you feel safe and protected.
May you have courage.
May you see beauty each day.
May your heart remain open.
May you continue to look beneath the obvious,
always knowing you are rooted and grounded in this Mystery
where we are called “beloved.”
Blessings, Kathi
