These days I spend a good deal of my time and energy trying to remain focused on what is ahead, staying on “the train”, floating and not fighting “the river” of life. After a lifetime of seemingly running from a past, but dragging it behind me like tin cans tied to a wedding car, the joy of the current day was always cluttered with the sound of the clunking cans behind me. Coming to terms with what I have carried with me inside and releasing the pain, anger and regrets of the past has been a long process. As I have come to accept the truth that I control the momentum of my journey, the fear that I carried with me for so long has been replaced with a freedom to feel, to cry, to process and know that I am moving forward, running now towards a future, not away from a past. During a weekend trip to Savannah, I purchased a lotus pendant that came with a card that said the following:

“With its roots in the mud, the Lotus rises through water until it blossoms as a flower above its surface. Always reaching towards the light, we are reminded of our own spiritual journey towards enlightenment and purity”.

When I read the description of the pendant, I think of the beauty of the Lotus flower, never knowing the history of its growth to become a treasured blossom! And like the Lotus, the visualization of having my own roots in the mud, with my own stubbornness of hope and reaching for the light reminded me that I am blossoming too. We all have a history,vantage points, and baggage – a frame of reference that we apply to current circumstances. What if that frame of reference was built upon a prevalent time of sadness, a time of being immersed in “mud”? Processing a difficult history takes time, patience and a commitment to moving away from the mud you have been mired in. Because we will manifest what we believe we deserve in our lives, changing what we think about possibilities for our future opens up a natural path towards our expectations. The weight of the world you have been carrying with you can be less than it used to be. I encourage you to recognize those “tin cans” (you know what they are), work through the pain of them, and let them go. You’ll be surprised at how peaceful it gets as you run towards the future! My wish is that you let the dawn tempt you to a new day. Even if your roots were in the mud, you have a blossoming flower inside you that will find the light.

The weight of the world Is not what it used to be

Reasoning that sacrifice
Was a necessary part of life
A new day, a new thought
Can enter your mind, You can have it all

Running towards a future Not away from the past
The path is much clearer
Let the dawn tempt you to a new day.

Blessings,
Cynthia