BEARING ALL

2018, BALANCE, BROKEN HEART

AUGUST 20, 2018

When the time comes to Bear a terrible trauma, you must Bear All: your genuine response to sorrow, grief, and regret, and your genuine ability for strength, clarity, and action. Without these two sets in harmony, you could not survive life’s foibles.

Who lives a life that absents grief and loss? Who lives a life that is lacking in joy? Taking things as they come, how they come--and as they are--requires courage, whether or not permission was given for such testing.

When you Bear All, the magnificent and the tragic all together, you are more human than at any other time. You are more complex. You are more fully realized.

But, why this way, you ask? Think of the struggle of the insect with its wings unfolded, encased tightly in its cocoon, struggling for freedom. If released before its time, its wings do not fully or properly develop. It is the struggle that gives the insect flight.

For humans, it is a similar function: to struggle is to develop latent skills; to know tragedy is to know your deepest strength; to face fear is to release unnecessary anxiety. To say that we must suffer to grow is a basic theorem.

You will not always grow when faced with trauma. Sometimes we collapse. Sometimes we hide deep in the womb of denial. Sometimes, we warp our behaviors in an effort to retaliate. But: the gift is there if you dare look for it.

Maybe you are grieving now—feeling pain and loss—and what we say to you this morning merely makes your anger and pain deepen. That is okay. Look at what you Bear and how you Bear it. Where are your strengths, and where are your weaknesses?

For we tell you surely that as long as you live, you will know suffering, in some measure, be it self-inflicted or seemingly incidental. Desire to expand your navigational skills. Desire to Bear All with nobility, humility, and compassion.

For you are a Guardian of the Light, and a child of Great All. You are the Heart, and the Mind, and the Center of the Construct.

Be you well. Be you strong. Be you brave. Our Love goes with you.

Blessed Be This Day
This is a Direct Voice Communication from my Tribe, Spirit Elders who share their wisdoms with me from the other side of the veil.
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