Looking up and out

Looking up and out is better than looking down and at the ground. Because when we look up and out we see the vastness of the world we live in. The possibility that surrounds us.  That is us. The clouds in the infinite blue sky. The immenseness of our existence without questions. The sea of possibility that resides with us. Within us.

When we look down and at the ground we close ourselves in. Fooled into thinking there is nowhere to go. Painting ourselves into a box. Closing ourselves off from the vastness of our existence. Shutting ourselves off from the possibility that exists for us all.

These past few mornings when I have walked outside to get our rabbit out, as I walk across my lawn, I have been taking advantage of the glorious morning light. Stopping to look up and out. Breathing in the freshness of the start of a new day. A new beginning. Allowing myself to close off what happened the day before. Yesterday that exists no more. Instead inhaling the presence of the new day allowing it to filter through me, through every pore in my body. And as I do I look up and out. Taking in the shapes of the clouds, the tops of the trees blowing in the breeze, the leaves like little dancers dancing on the trees, the abundance of nature blossoming before my eyes. Watching the birds flying by, silently but purposefully.

Surrendering to the glorious realization that each aspect of nature is in harmony with the other. Filling me with awe because of how everything fits together. Everything has its place. Everything has its time to shine. When one reaches its crescendo and starts to fade, another opens and begins its time in the light.

Just having that perspective on nature by looking up and out, I know that when my time is right for the next thing I will have my day and I need to be patient to get to that point. And when I do I must remember to make room for all those beside me, behind me and above me because each one of us is needed to make the process of life that much easier. To allow it to flow. We need not steal from each other nor try to dim the light of the other, all we need do is lead a purposeful, graceful and grateful life. And in doing so we open ourselves to look up and out. To appreciate the vastness of our existence, the interconnectedness of our existence. To embrace the fact that each one of us is necessary in this journey called life.

That’s why looking up and out is better than staring at the ground because looking up and out allows us to see the vastness of our existence. The interconnectedness of our existence. The fact that we are all on this journey together. Chosen to be in the same place at the same time. So beautiful, so powerful, so still at the same time.

I am so grateful for this lesson. For the abundance of life. For the signs that come to me all the time. For knowing they exist and for appreciating them. Rather than looking down and at the ground cementing me to one place  I am in, I am grateful for looking up and out where there is so much infinite wisdom, abundance and joy….Namaste