In Indian myth, if someone sneezes twice when something is said or thought of prior to the sneeze it is as omen of those things coming true. Well through numerous sneezes and unfulfilled wishes and desires, I had entered a world where everything crept up on me and I felt despondent.
Everything was too much, who was I, where was I going, am I doing the right things, has God abandoned me? Too much for my brain to handle… too much toxicity for my lungs to breathe in… and too heavy a burden for my muscles to carry. So the back bent over, and the pace became slower, then the mind slowed down and…. Wait for it…..
I surrendered. Into the river of life I flowed, bathing in the light of life, heart singing with joys and resting peacefully at last. My spirit lifted, my attitude changed and I felt in the flow of things again. In the story of my life, I forgot the necessity of ‘falling down’. In the contract of life that we sign before our physical creation, we sign up for joy, we sign up for truth and we sign up play.
It is through the demands that we place on ourselves to conform and be like others, that we step off our path and dishonour our contract. And as we feel powerful while we walk in others’ shadows and shoes, we forget that we wear-out those ‘soles’ faster than we would, should we have been treading through life in our own shoes.
It takes courage to walk in one’s own shoes. But it takes responsibility and commitment to carry on. And while on this path of enlightenment, remember to take time to smell the roses, play with your inner child, and when you sneeze twice again — manifest your reality and if perchance you fall down again, pick up your shoes, put them on, look into the sun, reconnect with your soul and journey forth.
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