“The power of love to change bodies is legendary, built into folklore, common sense, and everyday experience. Love moves the flesh, it pushes matter around…. Throughout history, “tender loving care” has uniformly been recognized as a valuable element in healing.” —Larry Dossey
How has love brought you healing?
Baby birds wait, beaks to the sky, for food to magically appear—as it almost certainly will. Sometimes patience and faith are all we need. The adult bird, however, had better get off its tail feathers and go hustle up its own grub.
How do you find a balance between trusting in the universe to provide and taking responsibility for creating what you need?
The shape of a boat turned upside down becomes the shape of a shed for storing nets and fishing supplies. When your life feels overturned, capsized, with your keel in the air, it could just be that you are fitting yourself for a new life on land rather than water.
How have you re-fitted your life after it has felt turned upside down?
The barking of colony of sea lions can be heard a long way from the shore. Apparently being a sea lion is a very noisy job. We’ve all felt oppressed by being in the midst of an inescapable racket, but there are also times when it feels good to take up space and be loud.
In what situations do you like to be noisy? When do you like to be quiet?
To view the rock, you’re going to have to get out of your car. Whatever you want to see, whether it’s the rock that marks the Tropic of Capricorn or the perspective of a stranger, it’s going to involve a certain amount of willingness to take a risk.
What will you risk today?
