We want so desperately to believe that there is something more to life; something beyond our touch, beyond our system of beliefs that keep us stuck doing the same things over and over again while at the same time swearing that we want to change. We grasp hold of this idea that there is more, more wonder, more spiritual knowing, more awe, and especially more experiences of unconditional, non-judgmental love beyond measure. Yet we are surrounded by the miracles of this love every moment of every day and we see only the same ole same ole. We are blind to the very wonder we seek. We are ready to give up everything for what we seek only to find that we have it already. We simply choose in every moment to look the other way. We look at our day-to-day lives as if they are simply a symphony of blistering notes that remind us of what we lack, what we are not good at, what mistakes we’ve made, and what a loser we really are. We are deaf to the wonderous melody that plays in the background of every incident, encounter, and moment of opportunity; the beautiful, awe inspiring music of the miraculous weaves the threads of our lives into and around one another so that our music is their music and we are one with all there is.
It is no wonder that we do not see the divine in every act and every scene for we have been taught to pick, pick, pick, at the air with our finger to show that we are keeping score to see who is winning and who is losing when there is no scoreboard. We have been taught to gloss over everything and skim through the important so that we can get through it faster only to find that we missed the obvious, the miraculous staring us in the face. We have been taught to be only aware but not awake. What could we be if we stopped the wheel from spinning so fast into the abyss? We could be, really be, here and now without agenda, without doubt, without pretense, just be if for only a minute. For that would change the world for the moment. For that would change your mind and that would change your thoughts and that would change your words and that would change the world.
