Version 2.4 | 12/26/10
© 2010 Howard McQueen
We know, from our intimate experiences
with those we have loved and trusted,
and that have loved and trusted us,
that we, as one family,
have occasion to turn toward the infections of fear and confusion,
and become unconscious - overwhelmed.
This infection has spread,
till it seems to be so near,
seemingly at times,
so everywhere.
Rather than practice the long-standing patterns of avoidance,
we wait for the infection to erupt and confound,
and plunge ourselves straight into its core.
We are blessed with a conscious partner,
one where the agreement has been consecrated
“to remain holding on to one another”.
Rather than fling ourselves into separation,
we hold on as the storm rages.
It is such a tempest, such strong emotional eddies surge through us.
We remind each other that we are learning to share
the encouragement that comes
from holding on.
This holding on is a miraculous medicine
any two or more can invoke,
just by holding on - together.
Holding on opens us to the direct experience of witnessing what we fear the most,
as seen through the eyes of another.
We learn by seeing what we are trying so hard to manipulate and control
and, in receiving this, have the honor to nurture and console another,
knowing we are ultimately also nurturing ourselves
and learning to let go
of the need to control -- outcomes.
Resident and underneath our motives of needing to manipulate and control
lie patience, grace and a growing wisdom
to allow most things to just be.
When left alone, these things and we
are swept into the timeless mystery
of not knowing.
and in this timeless space we uncover an inner trusting,
a willingness to rest and relinquish control
until the healing inevitably comes.
It is this healing that now also spreads,
virally, throughout our one family.
Find at least another someone,
and then let it be a community of others,
and make a pact to practice this art of holding on
and healing our family!
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