|
You’re in charge of how you show up in your
life
given how Life shows up in you.”
~ Kris
Martin ~
Drunken
Kelsi by Leslie Karen Sann
Some of the most profound gifts come in simple and
unusual packages and it takes a special skill to open them. Through paying
attention to what is present and listening to the Silence, we receive the
gift that is offered. Today I am being gifted with a lesson about True
Love from my treasured dog Kelsi, who recently turned 13.
Kelsi is having a problem. She is having trouble
getting around. Her rear end doesn't seem to be fully responding to the
signals from her brain. If I would see her walk on a youtube video it
would be funny. She walks like a drunken sailor listing to the left. It
would be funny, if I weren't taking the situation personally.
And it's not personal. Life is showing up in this
expression of a sideways, stumbling, seemingly drunken Kelsi.
When I think that this means she is a goner I can
upset myself. When sadness arises, and it has, I engage with it from Love.
I love the part of me that is feeling sad at the thought of losing my
companion of 13 years. Kelsi has been my partner at work, my friend, and
my constant reminder that life is NOW and is to be enjoyed.
And then the sadness goes and I notice right now, in
this moment, Kelsi is still by my side, a little off balance but here. I
realize that though Kelsi is here with me in form today, she may not be
tomorrow. In reality, I may not be either. Not only do thoughts and
feelings come and go, so do bodies.
This awareness points me to what is always present,
under thoughts, deeper than feelings. What I discover is a Silent, Empty
space that is Love. True Love doesn't come or go.
Love always is. Right now Love is appearing to me in
the form of Kelsi, but when the body of Kelsi goes, the Love that was
expressing through her will always be. This is what my sideways, stumbling
dog is teaching me today.
I didn't realize when we brought her home 13 years
ago I would be changed so much by allowing myself to love and be loved so
fully and completely.
I'm in charge of how I engage with Life as it
appears. I choose to fully Love Life appearing as a seemingly drunken
Kelsi and discover where it takes me next. A wide open heart invites
blessings.
<>===<>
P.S. Good news, we have found a wonderful animal
practitioner who is doing beautiful work with Kelsi and she is sobering up
;)
Response
to 'Baby O'
I received so many replies to my last newsletter. It
seems what is said about babies and dogs is true. People love them!
Here is one beautiful response I received permission
to share:
“Love your message this week and the photos of
course. I was awakened to silence and the power of stillness while in
India. It is the one thing I brought back and use. I can notice stillness
even with the mind chatter and can just sort of float away from the noise.
Like the breath, silence is always there.”
I may have to re-read Siddhartha.
~Linda Carpenter ~
QUICK LINKS:
COPYRIGHT/CONTACT INFO/REPRINT PERMISSION
Copyright 2010 by Leslie Karen Sann, Living by Design
Visit this link for contact information:
leslie@living-bydesign.com
Reprint permission granted in part or whole when the following credit appears in full:
Copyright 2010 by Leslie Karen Sann,
Living by Design. All rights reserved.
Web site. http://www.living-bydesign.com
|
