Monday, May 19, 2008

A Path With A Heart

There are a hundred paths

through the world that are

easier than loving.

But who wants easier?

-Mary Oliver
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I am hereby announcing that I am in the midst of a major transition. What this means is that I know where I've been but not exactly where I'm going. Lest I or anyone else wonder how or why that comes to be, here's an essay by Jack Kornfield called “A Path with Heart” . I found it on Jimmy James' blog, which usually manages to give me the reminders I need. And if by chance this post serves as a reminder to you, consider it my distinct pleasure.....
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“Each state we encounter will succumb to the next. There is no way to avoid the transitions of our life. The chief means of entering them gracefully is to practice them mindfully over and over again. It is like learning to ride a horse: over and over again walking, trotting, cantering, over smooth and rough terrain, mounting and dismounting, starting and stopping, until it becomes possible for us to move through life in a graceful conscious way.
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In moving through the difficult stages of our lives, we can learn to trust our heart to these cycles and their unfolding as surely as we can trust roots to go down and leaves to push up through the earth in our garden. We can trust each petal of a flower will open in the right order from outside to inside. We can trust that whatever calls our attention to practice – our body, our personal history, the community around us – in or out or retreat, it will bring to us what we need to live fully and genuinely in the timeless here and now."
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8 comments:

  1. Wishing you the best for here and now KJ! *hug*

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  2. There is a lot of truth and wisdom in that text!
    Have a good transition!

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  3. Beautiful and wisely said. Thanks for sharing, KJ and JJ :-)

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  4. anon, back at you! mwaaw! (did i do that right?)

    pieterbie, why thank you as always peter!

    wieneke, thank you too!

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  5. freaky! Needed to read this today. :)

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  6. Sage and wonderful words!

    Best of luck on your transition ... do we get to hear more? Big hugs! xox

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  7. You cannot go wrong with Jack Kornfeld. Thanks for posting this - it really speaks to where I am in my life, too.

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  8. ronni, my pleasure, really. btw, i squeak when you visit my blog. i just love your talent you know....

    melissa, hear more? jeez, i don't know. let me think about that

    cs, it's comforting to know you and i are in the same river....

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