Update from Oceanstone

Day 1 of Whispers from Within and already, the outside world is reflecting what we’re discovering inside ourselves.

It started to snow…that soft, silent kind of snow…and by the time we were ready to call it a day, it was beginning to transform itself into an equally lightly falling rain. The weather man says tomorrow will bring rain, high winds and a storm surge. I must remember to find a comfy chair higher up the hill. And, I must also remember to stay awake to the escalation that is sure to come in the conversations. The inside and the outside go together.

This small gathering of awake, aware and willing women did not just begin today, they launched! From the first opening moments, each was fully in the game of personal discovery – knowing that all they had to lose were their own limitations.

I know that all I have to lose are my limitations. I am aware that as I ponder the coming decade, all that I have lived – that tells me that I think I know how to live! – will not serve me. As much as I know that my world is changing, and I have no idea how else to live, I know that how I’ve lived will no longer cut it. How willing am I to let it all go?

Today, it became clear that it’s always about relationships, with self and other. And it’s equally clear that my relationship with myself determines all the others.

In the world of being inspired and inspiring others, if I cannot inspire myself, I am lost to all outside of me. In a world that is rapidly getting smaller, that is not a good thing for me!

I am willing to be my own inspiration. I am willing to not know….until I know. And I am willing to trust that how I’ll know will have nothing to do with knowledge.

Breathing is good…..