6 Impossible Things

What do you love?

A child, an oak forest, the sound of frogs, the redwoods, the bees?

Do you love a drive in the country, the snow capped mountains, or the sound of a stream?

Whatever it may be, large or small, bring it forth NOW.

Keep it present in your consciousness and don’t let go

That love, our very particular human love

may be the missing ingredient

may be a bridge to that subtle perspective change

that is the only thing between us and total annihilation

I do not mean to be dramatic

There is nothing to fear

The earth assures us that she will go on in all her glorious beauty

Even if she has nothing but cockroaches to tend

But now, just for the fun of it, with the whole of your loving heart

Can you squint your eyes and try to see it all differently

See the “way things are”, the “problems”, your “enemies” as something else entirely?

Do you have the courage to admit that you know nothing?

Can you believe at least 6 impossible things before breakfast?

With humility can you open yourself up enough to concede

That the path to heaven on earth may have always been right in front of you?

Can you listen to the depths of your soul to hear what you may have denied out of hate, avoided out of fear, closed down out of jealousy, rejected because you didn’t feel you were worthy?

Suffering is not our birth right.

Can you spread your most generous wings out wide and without hesitation blanket this whole messy earth

with an unconditional embrace?

The choice is yours.

The choice is ours.

The peace on earth we seek has always been around us

If only we are willing to see it

To claim it

From the Unicorn Tapestries, Paris, France