Tag: strength

The Capacity of Our Courage.

My father used to say that we are empowered by our choices; that no man is without the benefit of courage.

Yet, all too often, we feel courage to be beyond our means. We stretch, we reach – hoping to elicit the strength of its external form.

And when we fear, we assume it’s gone; a weakness of character and a faltering of heart. Though nothing could be further from the truth. For courage builds only when our fortitude is tested.

Courage is that silence force beckoning us to begin; leading to that next adventure, from one moment to the next. It can be powerfully strong, lending its roar. Or a graceful knowing strength, steadfast in its approach to glory.

Just like the sun, it shines on and on; it is the movement within the clouds and the calm before the storm.

We may feel vulnerable, of course…but we shall always grow.

In peace…

Namaste ❤️

Is Vulnerability a Weakness or a Strength?

In many societies, vulnerability is viewed as a weakness of spirit – something to be disparaged, rather than encouraged. Even from the youngest of age, we are taught taught to ‘be strong’ – to find our fortitude and resilience.

“You’re a big boy now,” a father might say. In our minds, we associate this moment as one of censure and withholding. As a child, we draw our lip. Though, as an adult, we withhold our truth as the bully ‘ego’ moves in.

In time, we become paralyzed through this paradigm of living fully within our fear. We lose faith in these subtle, yet far greater aspects of self.

Acclaimed author and Jungian analyst Robert Johnson, describes how difficult it is for us to embrace our potential.

“Curiously,” he writes, “people resist the noble aspects of their shadow more strenuously than they hide the dark sides…” Just as a child fighting back the tears, we struggle to acknowledge the entirety of our own spirit.

In reality, it takes great courage to stand in the light of our own vulnerability – to ‘speak our truth fearlessly’, as author Jack Kornfield once said.

As the heart is calmed, we begin to realize that inevitably our vulnerability is both the means and the way.

A little something to consider, my friends.

In peace…

Namaste ❤

This Blessing of One.

Let this life happen, my loves.

The good, the bad, the often confusing – the marveled wonderment. It comes to you with noble purpose ~ a deepening of gratitude and a lesson in resilience.

Passing through with no more permanence than shooting star. Though the memory lingers, as delicate imprint onto cusp of morn – and, asking nothing in return.

These memories beat like “second heart” – capturing the essence of who we are.

The good, the bad, the often confusing – the marveled wonderment; welcome them all. Knowing awareness comes through this blessing of one.

In peace…

Namaste ❤️