The world is magic, and you can’t fall off
“Once in a while you blow your own damn mind.” — Miles Davis.
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“It’s about pushing through,” she said.
“The very moment when you think you can’t move another step,” he said, “whether you’re running a marathon, writing a novel, losing every ounce of self respect you ever had by realizing that the world is nothing like the way you’d spent a lifetime pretending it was.”
“The world is magic, and you can’t fall off, you can’t do something so bad that you’re kicked out, kicked off, thrown out of the garden.”
“Exactly. Everyone’s doing the best they can. It doesn’t excuse them. It’s just that understanding it let’s you hold a mirror up to you own heart and forgive yourself.”
“Okay, so we agree then?” she said.
“Yes,” he said, “let’s move on.”
“What’s next?”
They walked along a winding path, through large boulders, a few trees, until they could hear the sound of water. They came into a space, surrounded by rocks, shaded by trees, where a waterfall fed a deep pool.
“This feels like home,” he said.
“It is. For now,” she said
What happened next is something almost impossible to imagine, as if a door opened into another world ..
February 28, 2017 @ 3:39 pm
A huge fish rose up majestically from the depths of the pool, its scales glittering in the sunlight, and ate them.
February 28, 2017 @ 4:00 pm
They could see behind the waterfall, the rock-wall opening, and voices coming from within this crystal cavern of color, beckoned them to enter… Let’s go for an adventure, she said.. and they did…
March 1, 2017 @ 10:02 am
…And they entered a room, a fort of sorts. Where tea lay out: all kinds, green, black, and in-between. And cups! Glorious cups! All shaped by hand and painted and adorned with images of Goddesses throughout the ages. And it became warm, very warm, until they all began to sweat. “A good time for tea!” she exclaimed, then explained how hot tea can help you cool off. “It seems counter-intuitive, yes? That which you think you need could be the opposite.”
So they brewed and poured and drank — each person selected a tea cup that inspired them. Then they sat and shared a prayer, a vision really, for the exciting adventures to come. (…)