Challenge

Maybe, just maybe, this will be the year that I write more, stretch more, meditate more...

My challenge to you (and I!) today:

Love someone that you are not naturally inclined to love.

Yup, that might sound hard. On some days, when all is aligned correctly, I know that I can do this. Dare I say, I know I HAVE done this! But, on other days, when the world has me hard its grasp, it is much easier said than done.

I long to be open to possibilities. By thinking this, I am a step closer. By stating so, I clear the pathway so that best intentions are allowed to become more than a crazy idea.

How to do this? I am here to take the challenge myself...but my first guess is to gently tell ego to rest. My second stab is try to be aware that fear is only fear and nothing more. It cannot rob you of anything. Period. Ego and Fear are very much connected, I know...they're 1st lineage relatives.

Other thoughts: Everyone, every living thing is deserving of love...even if we can't see it or recognize this as true. I have been "allowing" a spider to live in my bathroom for about two months now. He (interesting I have decided it/he is a he!) has been occupying very little space and he isn't frighteningly huge. Spiders are not at the top of my list, trust me. They aren't much further up than lice,ticks, roaches and centipedes. But, this I know-my fears come from someplace that I can't name. I am a zillion pounds heavier and bigger and probably, on a good day, a lot smarter so why do I have this fear and dislike of spiders and other things I've deemed icky?

Anyway, I've decided that he can stay as long as he doesn't navigate very far from his post. A couple of times there were traces, actually threads, of him stepping out of line and I had to blow away the tethers and keep him in his place. After all, I have to set my boundaries. Sadly, I see this attitude in others about others who are different than them. As you can see, I have my own work to do (right spider lovers everywhere?), but I am trying. He is getting a little bit bigger, though, and that worries me...lol. So, he can stay as long as I know where he is and he doesn't move much or take up too much space, or grow too much, or create a large web...hmmmm, this sounds very familiar...

Well, this is all for tonight. I am tired and my life is full. How wonderful for me...I must remember to say that I am also grateful.

I hope that you can say the same.

Namaste.