Posts Tagged ‘Happiness’
Drop the Worry
Tuesday, March 11th, 2014
We worry about fitting in
We worry about being liked
We worry about people being us angry at us
We worry that something tragic might happen
We worry about death, ours, theirs, everyone’s
We worry about life, ours, theirs, everyone’s
We worry ─ until we make a decision to not worry
Until we remember we are inter-beings
Until we believe we are connected
Until we feel the love that always resides within
Until we “drop it”
Then we remember
To be, to breathe, to exhale
We drop the worry
And then we remember ─ we belong
Daring Deeply on a Path of the Heart
Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
I came across this poem by Carlos Castaneda that reminded me of living a path of vulnerability with heart.
You must always keep in mind that a path is only a path.
Each path is only one of a million paths.
If you feel that you must now follow it,
you need not stay with it under any circumstances.
Any path is only a path.
There is no affront to yourself or others in dropping a path
if that is what your heart tells you to do.
But your decision to keep on a path or to leave it
must be free of fear and ambition.
I caution you: look at every path closely and deliberately.
Try it as many times as you think necessary.
Then ask yourself and yourself alone this one question.
Does this path have a heart?
All paths are the same. They lead nowhere.
They are paths going through the brush or into the brush
or under the brush of the Universe.
The only question is: Does this path have a heart?
If it does, then it is a good path.
If it doesn’t, then it is of no use.