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Whomever You Are, Thank You

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Whomever you are,

wherever I might have lost you along the way,

thank you.

 

Whether you know this or not, whether I’m lost

To your thoughts, or you think of me often

Or now and again,

Thank you.

 

Whatever we had in laughter, in bittersweet or hoped for dreams,

Our present lives written as they are because of that—

Thank you.

 

We are pages scribed in a book

Because I loved you or you loved me.

 

We are not lost because of our loss—and though

we may never speak—or maybe we do,

In my heart where love is found,

I will always love you.

 

You are a part of the larger story of who I am,

And I will always be grateful to you.

One day in the greater light, when the book is closed,

I know we will meet again,

thank you.

 

S. Wolfington
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Living the Questions



Once upon a time oh so very long ago…I didn’t know…


I stumbled across this faded photo again tonight. A boyfriend and dear friend of so many years and I in front of the fireplace. I didn’t know then how time would pass so fast. There was so much life in front of me. I didn’t know how we would lose one another while we were busy making other plans. How years of illness or homelessness or death and marriages and so many other things would descend upon one or the other of us. I didn’t know how you can lose touch with someone you swore you could never lose.


These days, however, my intuition is stronger than ever. I’m learning the wisdom in living life with a heart that is willing to open to loss or joy or confusion. I’m learning that life with an open heart requires much wisdom. Wisdom–a bit of hardwon gain in exchange for oh so many losses. In that, I’m lucky. Wisdom is partly listening to intuition, that still small voice that says, go here, turn there, you’re okay. Wisdom is also partly resilience, learning how to bounce back from tragedy, how it’s okay to grieve or cry, how to let go of what fails to serve our life or the greater good any longer. 


Too many people refuse the necessary changes that get you to wisdom. Wisdom requires boundaries in this world. Boundaries that are necessary for protection of your beautiful heart, for letting go of suffering, for not allowing the entire world, or even a smidgeon of it to take your heart hostage. Your heart is your own. You get to choose whom you share it with, whom and what you open it to. You must treat it well.


Change is inevitable. We are designed for it. We are not meant to hold on to anything too tightly, for in the tightness of our grip, we create suffering.


To be sure, life has a funny way of landing you in the most unexpected places. You never know where that might be or what will happen along the way. but I’m learning to live the questions, as poet Ranier Maria Rilke said to his young protégé. And as in all things, life is an inside job.


I believe it is ours to come into this life to learn how to lessen not only our own suffering but then the suffering of others, as well. Kindness helps, starting with you. But it can take many years to learn that. You are very fortunate, indeed, if you have discovered it and become infinitely and patiently kind with yourself while you learn the special kind of braille that is required to navigate your way through the darkness: Indeed, it is the first step towards living a few answers.





        
    
					
		
	



					



	

				

			
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Being Human

	


	

					


































“Wholeness does not mean perfection. It means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.”


– Parker J. Palmer –






Being human…is not easy.


It’s messy, and its


imperfection is a virtue of living in this body.


It means we are here for the human experience


in every imaginable facet, in all its


anguish and glory. Yet not necessarily


all at once, although it can feel like it sometimes.


 


Quit trying to airbrush your imperfections away.


—they keep you real and learning.


They have the ability to heal your soul and ground your body.


 


Forgive yourself. Embrace what hurts—be infinitely kind to it


while you wait for healing.


As often as possible, be in the feral world of nature where nothing


pretends to be anything other than what it is—broken or beautiful.


Unfurl your life, bent wings and everything.


Learn to inhabit yourself—dig your toes into the soil now


and then as a reminder you are part of it.


 


You are already gorgeous with your shriveled petals, your funny ways,


your insecurities, and your


crazy ideas that just might save the world.


 


S. Wolfington

					
		
	



					



	

				

			
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Your Life by Heart

	


	

					
When you’ve learned to lighten up on yourself, learned compassion and kindness, you grieve for the years the locust has eaten. When you were so unjustly hard on yourself. When you looked in the mirror or at your life.


When kindness arrives at your door, you look back at old photos and realize, “there was nothing wrong with me”. And anything that appeared to be out of place was merely fear and a deficit of love towards yourself playing itself out in the world.


When kindness arrives, you fall in love, maybe for the first time.


The world is not our personal yardstick by which we measure ourselves. We will always come up short when we do.


It is by the heart we see ourselves rightly—even in the most difficult of circumstances.


Stay close to your heart. When hope or life feels spare, remember to return again and again.


Your heart is the book by which you rightly read your life.


~Shoshana

					
		
	



					



	

				

			
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And Then There’s This…

	


	

					
 






And then there’s this, a moment to unplug…splendid, mind-boggling, joy giving beauty just waiting for you to notice. A moment so transitory in nature, we often miss it, opting instead for stress and worry, in a hurry to get things done.


Stop for a moment and receive what’s freely given you–and opportunity to take in the quiet miracles all around you, an opportunity to open your heart just a little more to each one.


Soon enough in those quiet moments of recognizing and receiving, your heart will soften towards noticing. It will  become the very thing it is underneath the pain and trauma you carry in your life and body–an open door to joy.



					
		
	



					



	

				

			
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Never as Alone as You Think

	


	

					
Photos by S. Wolfington


Do we know how seen we are? How loved?


The day will come when we look back at our lives past judgement and pain and realize we were never alone as we believed we were. That the totality of our beingness was swimming in a sea of love. That every atom and quark was infused with it.


It”s the creative substance, fierce with truth, that glues everything together,


Even what appears to be so wrong is love…it illuminates the truest thing your heart knows in it’s deepest core.


Be still, dear, and follow that.


S. Wolfington

					
		
	



					



	

				

			
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Vulnerability in the Darkness

	


	

					
Uncertainty is hope when you don’t know the outcome. 


Photo by S. Wolfington


By now, I’ve gotten used to an array of recent diagnoses I’ve been on the receiving end of…reminders of my mortality, some having the potential to shorten a life. In the beginning, admittedly, it throws you off balance. And after a time, life then becomes a new normal where adjustments have been made, answers are being sought. You learn to manage your new normal—or a new version of the old.


Apart from the most trusted of confidantes and after the first period of mourning and shock of news, whatever it might be, you learn to keep the bad days to yourself and share the good ones by putting on your dancing shoes, getting out to catch up with life and friends.


You’ve come to recognize your survivor-hood by now.


And when someone asks, you work to keep your answers brief and hopeful. You recognize quickly the glazed eyes, the subject changed. Vulnerability can feel awkward.


Yet you know in the end analysis, everything is alright.


Yesterday I ran into a somewhat new acquaintance who upon seeing me, recognized and embraced me immediately. Embarrassed because I was having problems remembering our exact meeting and conversation, I played along. So much has happened since then. Before we parted, she made sure to take the time to let me know the takeaway of our first meeting while she cried in front of me,  how she had walked away feeling so much hope. Unbeknownst to me, I had apparently conveyed knowing that no matter what calamity befell me, I was always certain I would be okay (after a period of adjustment). Nothing was the end of the earth, not in death or life. And that gave her hope right up to moment we bumped into one another yesterday.


It’s interesting, while just being who we are, what we never suspect what people will take away in their meetings with us we’re not aware of. I wonder who of us asks ourselves if our presence is an ordeal to bear or a welcoming breath of fresh air.


My hope for each one of us in the darkness to always keep the vulnerability welcome light on. However it looks, there is a way home.


S. Wolfington