There came a time when the vastness of life overwhelmed me…
I had forgotten that its glory was the glory of my own self.
I came to see it as something “out there” somewhere,
And so it became a danger and a threat to me.
Thus I, in my fear, made my world smaller and smaller,
As I tried in vain to protect myself from the vastness.
Oh! Let me give kind attention to my fears, my woes, my brokenness!
Let me not fight them anymore…let me dwell with them,
Not resist them, let them in…only then can I let them go,
Watch them float away…
Like dandelion seeds in the warm summer breeze.
Oh! Let me forgive myself for being afraid to live,
To love and be loved…and let me
Dive into the vastness of the unknown,
With wild abandon!
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