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This Too Shall Pass...

3/19/2019

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What’s your reaction when you hear this message? 

I’ve had very different responses, depending on my own state
of mind and what the current “this” is that I know will pass. 


These words can bring comfort when I’m facing something difficult.  But, they can also feel patronizing or dismissive if I’m deep
into nastiness and can’t even imagine seeing my way out! 
Honestly, sometimes I just don’t want to hear it because I want
to wallow for a bit. Wallowing isn't necessarily bad. 


The same message can also bring a sense of sadness when I’m
into something that I really am loving and I don’t want to ever
end. Who wants to have that dream vacation come to an end or
know that one day their time with the love of their life will come
to end? 
(Check out “
If We Were Vampires” by Jason Isbell if you want to have a good cry over this reality).

Nothing lasts forever. 

But, in reality, these words speak the truth.  Good news, bad news… nothing lasts forever!  Even
if we want it to.  We live in a temporary state of health and aliveness, and every now and then we
get those big reminders.  Someone dies.  Someone gets diagnosed.  There’s a tragic
mass shooting.  A house burns down.  You get the idea…
And for a minute we recommit to the urgency of living our life full out! 


And, then we forget and drift back into our old habits and ways, perhaps mindlessly going
through our days.  Hours and days drift by and we don’t even know where they've gone or
what we've done. 


Where there is breath there is possibility.

Where there is breath there is possibility.  Where there is possibility there is hope. Where there
is hope there is life.  How will you live yours?


What petty things can you let go of? Where can you find some surrender and acceptance? 
What priorities deserve your attention? 


If you were to embrace the idea that “this too shall pass” what would change for you? 
Please share in the comments and let’s all step into this life, accepting this very real human truth
just a little bit more.  


If you'd like to give yourself the gift of retreat to slow down in a space that fosters this type of
inner reflecgtion, please join me for one of my
upcoming retreats.  Our next opportunity is
this Saturday, March 23rd at the Mercy Spirituality Center in Rochester, NY - come and give
yourself
A Time to Pause!  

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