Keeping Our Center ~ Day 15

Today’s beautiful reflection comes from Jan Jedlicka, I hope you are as touched as I was. Love & Light, Kaye

I wanted to light a candle when I began to write, an invitation to insight, wisdom, enlightenment.  Know what I found?  A candle in a glass jar called STORM! I passed it over, looking for something inspiring….and then it hit me.   This was what I needed. Perfect!

Isn’t that where we sometimes find ourselves these days?  A storm in our world and within ourselves…unrest, discomfort, boredom, restlessness?  A good place to discover the deeper places within ourselves, under the distractions of our usually busy lives. Crisis seems to make them surface.  Places that need the light to heal, need a voice to express our hidden wounds. 

Recently I unearthed something deep within….it identified itself as “FRAGILE”. Yes, I was feeling fragile, so I held that feeling in my current inadequacies (in the form of a computer) but also in the frail spots of my past.  When I couldn’t see well and was overcome with panic as a child. When I was overwhelmed with my family’s demands and needs.  When I felt out of control with past failings as well as today’s failures.  Fragility seemed to be begging me to hold it, embrace it so it could heal. Not easy things to hold, but I did.  I felt the woundedness of my being.  And I felt release and reassurance at my love and compassion for these wounds.

Today, I pray that your encounters of the past be embraced as well as those that gnaw at your worries and insecurities of today.  There is love, comfort, support, light and an embrace by the One who loves you and supports you in this Lenten journey. Sometimes this journey takes you to places far and wide…. all within the confines of your self- isolation!

Jan Jedlicka