It's been a little while since I talked about release. It's been awhile since Christmas and New Year. How are you going? How are those resolutions coming along?
Tonight, I'm thinking about faith, hope and believing in the unknown.
Sometimes, when you go through a particularly challenging time in your life, it's easy to lose faith and hope. The things you knew for certain no longer are true and the places in which you had placed your faith no longer exist. You lose faith in many things, but one of the most frightening things is losing faith in yourself. We all have particular gifts. How is it that when things seem bleak, we lose faith in the gifts we have always had? Sometimes, it is only through people that know us....really know us...that we are able to remember the gifts we have and use them in the way they were intended.
When things seem out of control and don't make sense, it's too easy to lose hope. Hope is the thing that keeps us moving forward. Hope for a better day. Hope for release from pain. Hope for something beautiful. Hope for something special and real. Hope for the future. We are in a state of suspension when we don't have hope. Hope can come from kind words, honestly spoken. From a friend who recognises the gift in you. Hope, at its smallest is a tiny glimmer, and at its biggest, makes anything seem possible.
Believing in the unknown is an act of faith. Do you believe in things you can't see? You have faith. Sometimes, things are too nebulous to confirm. They are unknown. Do you believe in the unknown, that good things can happen, or do you ignore the hope and only believe in what you know?
I think, that great things can happen when we have an open mind and an open heart. We can have faith in our talents and abilities- that they truly exist and can be used for great things. That we have hope-hope for the future for something bigger, and sometimes seemingly impossible. That we believe in the unknown-even though we can't see it right now, things will become clearer one day.
Tonight, I wish for you the freedom that comes from faith, hope and the belief in the unknown, with hearts and minds open to all sorts of possibility. Who knows what might happen?
Friday, February 1, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Release
It was part of my selection of New Years resolutions...release. Release can be a noun or a verb and that sounds about right for me today. The Free Online Dictionary spends a lot of the definition of "release" as "freedom" or the "act of freeing" and that is where I find myself this evening. Release and freedom sound like very good nouns and verbs.
For quite a number of months now, I've put up with neck, shoulder and back pain. I spend most of my time in front of a computer so I accepted the niggly pain and tried to ignore it. I was able to do so for a long time, but finally, after a particularly personally challenging few months, this pain would not let me go. It was constant and persistent. It was always with me. I kept saying that I would go to the physiotherapist one day and have this pain released, but I never got around to it. Finally, abut 2 weeks ago, I went. The physio looked at me and saw the problem straight away and knew what to do about it. He did his part, but then, in order to have true release from this pain, I had to do some homework. Today, finally, this pain I have been living with is suddenly, nearly gone. I feel a tremendous sense of release from it and a sense of freedom and well being. Here's the thing though....I wouldn't have been released unless I took steps to make it so. I have been released and I feel release. Beautiful.
I'm thinking this may be true with other areas of my world that need freedom and release.
There is likely no release without the following:
Acknowledging that there is a need for release
Accepting that there are others involved
Taking responsibility for making the first step in the journey
Doing the homework involved, even if that's painful or inconvenient
Whether its a niggly pain or a personal journey of freedom, I think the steps are the same.
Release and freedom are worthy goals to strive for. Maybe when we have released what we need to, we can truly reach out and hold onto what is in store that is good. I know you can't release and hold at the same time.
So, wherever you are tonight, I hope that you too will release and find release.
Here's to a New Year where we can all release in order to reach, and hold onto a new sense of freedom and purpose.
For quite a number of months now, I've put up with neck, shoulder and back pain. I spend most of my time in front of a computer so I accepted the niggly pain and tried to ignore it. I was able to do so for a long time, but finally, after a particularly personally challenging few months, this pain would not let me go. It was constant and persistent. It was always with me. I kept saying that I would go to the physiotherapist one day and have this pain released, but I never got around to it. Finally, abut 2 weeks ago, I went. The physio looked at me and saw the problem straight away and knew what to do about it. He did his part, but then, in order to have true release from this pain, I had to do some homework. Today, finally, this pain I have been living with is suddenly, nearly gone. I feel a tremendous sense of release from it and a sense of freedom and well being. Here's the thing though....I wouldn't have been released unless I took steps to make it so. I have been released and I feel release. Beautiful.
I'm thinking this may be true with other areas of my world that need freedom and release.
There is likely no release without the following:
Acknowledging that there is a need for release
Accepting that there are others involved
Taking responsibility for making the first step in the journey
Doing the homework involved, even if that's painful or inconvenient
Whether its a niggly pain or a personal journey of freedom, I think the steps are the same.
Release and freedom are worthy goals to strive for. Maybe when we have released what we need to, we can truly reach out and hold onto what is in store that is good. I know you can't release and hold at the same time.
So, wherever you are tonight, I hope that you too will release and find release.
Here's to a New Year where we can all release in order to reach, and hold onto a new sense of freedom and purpose.
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