Bearing the Unbearable
As we rise today with the morning sun,
the heart aches for comfort ,
while we experience our inability to offer reconciliation
in this moment
We search to reveal our loving nature,
to find a way to soften the blow,
and have another conversation be possible,
yearning for one more chance to get it right.
The deafening sound of silence defies the
screams that reverberate in our heads.
How can this be?
How can we bear the unbearable?
As we collapse into the requirement
once again to face life as it is,
to face death as it is,
to face love as it is,
so evident in our tears,
so evident in our breath,
so evident in the way we continue to move through this state of confusion.
We are so much stronger than we want to be aren’t we?
When will we learn that wanting has nothing to do with it?
Living is what it is called.
Living with the experience of now as it unfolds in the morning sun,
or rain, or snow and ice.
Living with the experience of now as it inspires and disappoints us
and makes us stand up and collapse over and over again.
Can we allow this life to be enough?
Can we shift from our endless fantasies of what life should be
to living with gratitude for what life is?
Breathe with your heartache and bow to your vulnerability and uncertainty.
As you allow yourself to feel the unbearable remember to bring forward the awareness
that the heart is capable of so much more than the mind is conditioned to consider.
Open yourself to the comfort of compassion for all this suffering and
allow yourself to experience tenderness for everyone’s blind spots including your own.
Return to gratitude for this next breath
And the opportunity to offer love from your unlimited heart one more time.
