At the feet of the Creator

I know the feeling of walking through life as if I was carrying a huge burden. My worries and stresses weighing me down as I struggle to keep moving forward. There is no way to move freely and fluidly in such a situation, and I longed to lay our burdens down. If it were possible to do such a thing could be enough to elicit a sigh of relief and a feeling of lightness.

Imagination is a powerful tool. I can use it to take journeys to faraway places without ever leaving my home. I can also lay my burdens down at the feet of the Creator, Earth Mother, Buddha, a Sacred Mountain or Shrine, thus releasing myself from that which I can’t handle on our own. No matter how smart I am, how capable I am, or how hard I work. No-one can cope alone with all the worries that are taken on in the course of living. I am NOT designed to do so. My wellbeing depends upon an ability to hand over that which I can no longer carry by myself. I need to surrender my heavy load to someone or something I know will help me.

Visualizing carrying my burdens to the feet of someone or something much bigger than I, can be a powerful daily practice. I can begin by sitting with eyes closed and envisioning an all powerful, supremely comforting Being, in what ever form, standing at the end of a road. I See myself carrying a large container, with my worries, large and small, inside it. Making my way to the Being I have chosen, and lay my baggage down at their feet. I surrender myself to feel the lightness and relief this action brings. Expressing my heart felt gratitude at the release I feel. This simple meditation can liberate me from any burden I was never meant to carry.

Last month

Well this past month has moved without any help from me. I have tried to make an effort to atleast give a bit of news here and there but to not issue anything at all is just plan boring. I spent most of the month trying to make a bed set [bed and two side tables. They came out rather good, if I must say so myself. I would let all see them but right now my laptop is acting like there is a great strainin doing what I need done. As you look to tomorrow, do you often feel as though tomorrow is but a chance happening? Here in my mind, many times tomorrow is but a glance at a repitition of today and yesterday. Struggling with senior years [70 and above]takes in the health phase, the loss phase, the semi-solation phase,food phase [not knowing what to eat because too much tastes like there is no taste to it].

So here I am at the end of September and I am looking at my daughter, Heatherf, growing into adulthood and soon to be moving on in this world. Her goals are lofty, and mine weren't when I was her age? She has her eyes set on dance in New York. She is well suited to do that as well as any other theater she wishes to do.

I on the otherhand am absorbed in `what am I going to do with the rest of MY life. I have completed a small book and hope to have in published this next year at the latest. It is filled with shorter stories and small poems from my heart as spirit. I have more to say but my eyes are giving out and I need to shut them for a while. Blessings to all.