Everything to Gain

Today I am a little lighter then yesterday. I let go of some of the weight that I have been carrying on my heart. I have been engulfed recently by the natural forces of the world and the global need to let go. This time of year is about that very thing, watching all that has been growing strongly take a required break and find respite within its own stillness by letting pass on what is no longer needed. I am seeing this everywhere, jobs shifting, relationships revaluated, people passing, priorities being set and the fat being trimmed. It is as though the world is taking a deep breath in preparing itself for the next season and a comfortable place to rest. I have to keep reminding myself to be open and accepting to this process, my genetic makeup leaves me wanting to clutch everything in the palm of my hand and wait out the storm. However this is not health, or the purpose of right now, what I really need to do is release my grip and move forward into the unknown.

I recently made a list of my priorities, in my attempt to hold onto only the things of great important to me. Allowing everything else I no longer need to contently fall by the wayside. In doing so, I found that my list of priorities was actually quite small, focused and clear. I was once told that you are supposed to visualize the things are cannot live without, I considered this and discovered that I really need very little in order to survive. If necessary I can live without my cell phone, computer, clothes and car and all my other material processions. This left me with only a roof over my head, some food in my belly, my family, friends and my sketch book as my only lifelines for survival. When I looked at this tiny list of necessary needs, I knew that all of these things will in fact always be mine. Now finding myself truly with nothing to lose, and everything to gain. It is this truth that offered me the courage to continue to achieve my dreams, find my inner power and muster up the strength to take that uncertain leap forward. With a pocket filled with nothing more than my possibility for greatness, today I am following the example set by the earth and allowing for the things no longer needed in my life to be released.