So I overheard today someone say that we are like a drop of water in the ocean. The speaker said she is like a ‘t-cell’ (a type of white blood cell that helps with immunity) in the body of the Universe, she sees herself as a part of this universal whole – a very important part may I add.
On hearing this I stopped to think about my role in this Universe and realized that ever since I can reasonably think I have been trying to understand my role in this universe. What is my purpose? Why am I here? I know I am here for a grander plan. I’ve realized that I have been trying to make others happy (no, I’m not a clown).
I now feel that I have been living by chance and half asleep. I have had certain moments of understanding my purpose, but I never focused on the possible long term effects of my choices.
What I am coming to understand is that living an authentic life, a life with intention takes practice.
Whatever you throw up must come down with the same force it was thrown upward (associated with the law of gravity). If you throw a pillow up over your head it comes down – the good news is, it will come down so softly on you. Taking responsibility of my life starts with understanding this simple boomerang theory; everything that I am currently experiencing is all those components that are coming back to me. So, cautiously I intentionally analyze what I’m thinking and saying… because that is what I’m putting out there and that is what I will be getting back.
I believe that living with intention allows me to be a force of good especially if I want to be engaged in experiencing my spiritual journey.
Understanding that the human experience is what I am going through… and I want to live with more purpose, I want to live with pure intention, and in this process I want to ‘remember’ my way back.
Yes, I think that is what I am most frustrated with… I don’t remember my way back. It’s not that I’m going to leave any sooner… I just want to live the days I have with pure intention.
Just like the classic story of The Wizard of Oz… Dorothy is sadly resigned to spend the rest of her life in Oz until Glinda appears and tells her she can use the ruby slippers to return home with Toto. Glinda explains she did not tell Dorothy at first because she needed to learn “if you can’t find your heart’s desire in your own backyard, then you never really lost it to begin with.”
Just as I write this I feel this message coming to me with clarity: “it’s not remembering the way back… it is awakening and accepting that I’m already here”. “how can you remember something you didn’t forget -you are already here”.
Enjoy: Wizard of Oz clip “there is no place like home”
