Going in Circles? Join the Club!
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I received this quote this morning from a friend. Thanks D! It speaks to me in ways I can’t even understand, especially the cyclical journey Margaret speaks of below. Just yesterday I was pondering how we are more the same than different — you and me. The explorer in me craves connecting with the explorer in you.
We need each other differently now. We cannot hide behind our boundaries, or hold onto the belief that we can survive alone. We need each other to test out ideas, to share what we’re learning, to help us see in new ways, to listen to our stories. We need each other to forgive us when we fail, to trust us with their dreams, to offer their hope when we’ve lost our own.
I crave companions, not competitors. I want people to sail with me through the puzzling and frightening world. I expect to fail at moments on this journey, to get lost — how could I not? And I expect that you too will fail. Even our voyage is cyclical — we can’t help but move from old to new to old. We will vacillate, one day doing something bold and different, excited over our progress, the next day, back to old behaviors, confused about how to proceed. We need to expect that we will wander off course and not make straight progress to our destination. To stay the course, we need patience, compassion, and forgiveness. We should require this of one another. It will help us be bolder explorers.”
Margaret J. Wheatley
Dear Paula
I do love her words but after ‘ how could I not’ I am unsettled with her ideas.
To be sure, I get lost from time to time in my own adventures…but in my estimation, Margaret is implying we should build a condo there.
Do I believe I should give myself a compassion break when I get lost? Absolutely..
However rather then defining my process as old to new to old again, I much prefer to see where I am creating conflictual energies and in doing this , perhaps uncover another pocket of my resistance to that which I desire. I then am in a position of fine-tuning……..and my path goes from new to newer.
I dont believe its possible to regress. I can split up my energies in a million ways that duke it out with each other valiantly …….and all I get is pretty beat up in the process.
Becoming aware of an ‘old pattern’ is simply the way the Universe shows me where I am not in alignment. And nor for any other reason then I have a glorious opportunity to become more then I was before on many levels………harmoniously with Spirit who created All, in the fruition of my dreams and desires et al.
All paths eventually lead Home, and in my Life I do not seek any encouragement to see my process as cyclical. To becomes that only if I embrace it.
In my thoughts I often visit the idea ‘ It is impossible for me to step into the River of Life at the same place…twice” What appears to be ‘ the same ‘ in my Life is just my judgement. On a planet where everything is energy-based, no two moments can be the same.Thank you for the space to share
Love, D
You’re welcome for the safe space to share…
To be sure Dennis, no moment repeats itself. All is forever new. The circle I speak of is a spiral upwards. Life has cycles. This we cannot deny. We circle around the sun, we journey through the seasons, we dance at full moons… no two exactly the same.
Sometimes, it feels as though I’ve been ‘here’ before. But I haven’t. I know that. It just feels that way. And the more I can acknowledge that it feels that way, the more ready I am to say, “Next…” and move on.
Lots of love,
Paula