Keeping Our Center ~ Day 121

Often on our daily walks we pass a very pregnant, radiant mother and her precious, perhaps precocious three or four year old daughter, both of them decked out in floppy straw hats for sun protection. Sometimes grandma and/or dad are along, both of them looking smitten and somewhat dazed to be walking in the grace and blessing that make up their beautiful family.

The little girl is usually pushing a small baby buggy which never carries a baby. She prefers to walk her McDonald’s-kids-meal-sized animals: bears and doggies and dinosaurs. All of them clearly as loved and cherished as she obviously is.

Last night we passed them at her house and our little lady was standing tall on top of a stump in the middle of the front yard. Her mom called over and said, “Do you want to know what her new battle cry is?” Of course! Mom lunged into a pose with one foot planted in front and her opposite arm raised at an angle pointing to the sky and cried out, “Look out world, here I come!” Then she laughed, “If only we could all approach Mondays like that.”

If only we could all approach life like that! Knowing beyond a shadow of a doubt that we are loved and cared for beyond reason; that we can do no wrong and that we are beautiful inside and out because we see it reflected so strongly in the eyes and actions of those surrounding us. If only we had the courage to live like that little girl, unashamedly ourselves with our hearts open, determined to take the world by storm and make it safe for blue bears and friendly dinos alike.

Somewhere along the line most of us lose that innocent, unabashed confidence in ourselves and the goodness of life. But the truth that I know to the very core of my heart is that the Essence of All That Is loves us and believes in us even more than the most doting, protective, loving mother or father. We just have a hard time believing it and claiming it.

Perhaps today we could learn from a child-who-shall-lead-us. Perhaps today we could brandish our invisible swords and banish our self-doubts from our kingdoms and queendoms. Perhaps today we could plant our feet firmly on the ground, saying with a slightly-cocky, knowing smile, “Look out world, here I come!”

Love & Light!

Kaye