Just BE…

Just BE…

This cold frozen world we are living in right now holds so many unique images we can use to WONDER. How? Why? And yet, when we allow our thoughts to turn to wonder…we are able to live a beautiful art form.  We  live the ART involved in letting go and learning to just BE. As I studied this huge ice sculpture coming off of our front porch, I first thought of it as a problem that might need to be removed to be safe! It wouldn’t be a good idea to walk under it, but then I realized I couldn’t do that if I wanted, I’m too tall. And of course that little voice inside says, “study the beauty of it.” When I did that, something began to shift within me. I was feeling tense with anxiety over a human “problem” and it was amazing to allow my human self to just BE.

This time the experience was not in meditation or deep in thought. I was simply walking outside with single digit temperatures and staring closely at what now I will call a sculpture nature brought to me at a significant time. It so reminded me of LIFE. Our human mind jumps to the conclusion, “Oh THIS is a problem!” Do I need a hammer? Then there are signs that maybe I need to spend a little more time taking in the thoughts in a different way. Take time, just relax and BE IN THE MOMENT…there is a beauty here to behold. I sat inside where I could be warm  and stared out the window. Oh the image of HUGE, big, little, tiny, long and short little icicles hanging from the top caught my attention. Just BE…

My point of view…was everything! Somehow as I was able to simplify my mind’s thoughts,  I wondered why this object in my world could allow me to release some difficult thoughts about life? Hmm… instead I shifted to allow the love within me to fully shine just like the sun streaming only through the small skinny little icicles! Yes, I only needed a small window in time to shift…JUST BE.  I was engaging in intriguing and creative thought, and I was able to create a moment in time to allow love in my heart to lift away that heavy weight! LIFE…with love in full splendor. The experience also reminded me to simply close my eyes, picture the huge white light I was in during my NDE and feel the LOVE that is so unexplainable in our human words. “Feeling” that image relaxed my body, brought a smile to my face, and a new attitude about my own life’s problem.

Is it LOVE that heals us in so many ways? I believe that with all my heart. I knew right then,  I have that my LOVE to give while another is suffering. Each one of us is blessed in that giving. Gary Zukav expressed this very well in this quote. Click on the photo to read it all…it has great meaning for us. “LOVE is all there is..” Yes, my NDE message so many years ago.

LIFE. That thought reminded me of Suzanne Gieseman. She so often creates meaning out of words by using acronyms for each letter.

L- Love

I – In

F- Full

E-Expression

LIFE is LOVE in full expression! When we live our life with that thought, we are really choosing to LIVE this human life to its’ fullest expression. I quickly went to find the book that I loved so very much from a man I met in Florida quite a number of years ago. I will never forget the encounter, nor the man I spent HOURS talking to about LIFE. As I revisit this encounter I do believe it was this man who taught me to tell my life story JUST as it is, always being totally open about my beliefs. Addison Palmore  shared his life in the same incredible way. I shared our book. He shared his book in pure love. Here is a quote as he ended his book whose title is JUST BE.

“As we simplify our mind we automatically release unwanted baggage in our outer world. This allows for love within us to full shine. We discover the unlimited splendor of the human experience, and instantly create a new way of living. We gratefully embrace tears of a broken heart, as well as the tears of joy. We perceive everything happening in the world, and our own lives as a lesson and therefore no big deal. We know that as we stare into the eyes of another, no matter the differences, we are looking in the mirror. In this new way of life we make it our sole purpose to Just Be. WELCOME HOME!” ~ Addison Palmore Pg.

 

JUST BE…