Day 54: Tsunami. The tsunami in our personal lives can come from violence, death, divorce, and the list can go on. When a tsunami hits the shore, the sheer force can eliminate everything in its way. When we are faced with some abrupt change in our lives, we are presented with a powerful choice. Many times we choose inadequacy over power. And we choose to be consumed by the event, when just like with nature we can allow this event to transform our lives, and harness all of the power we have inside.
How easily we are consumed by life events. One of the greatest lessons I have received from nature is recognizing how it deals with the devastation. Nature unlike us doesn't become angry, violent, or destructive when some catastrophic event happens. It chooses instead to go within and rebuild, restore, and renew. Growing up in the south, I was able to see how the forest rebuild itself after a forest fire to this incredible thriving forest yet again. In looking at Chernobyl and how after a man-made disaster it has already restored itself to a place of habitation for plants and animal life.
Nature's greatest quality is the ability to embrace the now moment. It is something that I value highly and that I am in the learning process of bringing that quality into my life. Might I add it is truly a learning process. One of the greatest gifts I have gleaned for myself was when some cataclysmic event happens in my life the best thing I can do at that moment is to breathe. During stressful situations, I have noticed in myself that I have a tendency to hold my breath. There have actually been times when I have had to remind myself to breathe. Breathing is that wonderful reciprocity that we have been granted in life. It is the giving and receiving that is interconnected that is so important for us to acknowledge and realize it to be one of the most life-affirming lessons we can ascertain.
Life is emerging through each and every one of us. Just like the life span of a tree the more we grow and evolve the deeper our roots grow, and our branches extend. A tree's root system is developed and strengthened by the winds of change. If the tree doesn't experience strong winds in the growing process when a life changing event happens it simply falls over. I often forget in the midst of one of these life experiences that it is moments like these that I have gained great strength, and deepened my level of understand about who I am. Don't get me wrong during the event I am busy asking myself the same questions most of us are. Why? Then there is something deep within my soul that speaks to me out of love. You have endured the winds of change before and you will again. Breathe, and find the space within that knows that this is here for your good. Out of this experience you will find the answers that you have been seeking, and you will indeed grow.
Life happens, and we have choices to make. We can be consumed, fight, or surrender and grow. The choice is always ours.
I love you,
Rev Allen
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