Meditation

Sometimes The Universe needs us to speak up. Then sometimes, it commands us to be silent. In a time where there is too much happening in the world around us, we may have to take a step back and receive in silence. I have the desire to speak. My desire is fun and lighthearted. My desire is thoughtful and personal. My desire is meaningful and relatable. The Universe needed my desire to be silent now. I need to feel, before I can speak. I need to absorb, before I can flow. I need to learn, before I can teach. Life has much to teach us. Life has taught me lessons I never thought I would need to learn. But - life has a way of pushing us in the direction it needs us to go. For some of us, we go in the opposite direction. We go to the distraction. We distract ourselves with gossip, with mindless entertainment, with poisonous foods. We distract ourselves with drama, with alcohol, and with situations and problems. We distract ourselves with plans for the future, and memories of the past. The distraction escapes us from the here, and the now. Why escape? I want to be in the now. I want to understand more than ever. I want to feel deeper. I want to listen harder. I cannot do this when I am trying to speak. In silence, the thoughts are loud. In silence, the feelings are powerful. In silence, the beginning unfolds. Life around me has gotten big and busy and beautiful. Life has taken my hand on a path of light and love. I lust to share, to connect, and to grow. In order to go where I need to go, and do what I feel in my heart, I need to be silent. Silence is where we find everything we are searching for. 2018 has given me anything but silence. I have been through setbacks in my work life, and breakthroughs that followed. I have been proposed to by the love of my life, and even moved to a different city. I have been to countless celebrations with friends and family. I have visited new places, and even made a few new friends along the way. I have been living a life that was once beyond my wildest dreams. This life is loud, and challenging, and exciting, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything else. Now, I make room also to invite the silence. In my meditation I am searching for answers to the next chapter. I am listening for clues and feeling for signs. Some of these are beginning to unfold, but some of these are going to take a lot more time. There is no saying just how long it will take, and I look forward to the right time to speak up. How are you finding the right answers in your life? How are you choosing to speak? How are you fighting the distractions? Look within. Take time for silence. Make time to be intentional without looking anywhere else but within. It may take practice, it may demand patience. The greatest minds of the world practice meditation. Let us follow these leaders. Let us come to the place where we can meet in silence. #meditate