It was with great pleasure to be awakened early this morning with a fist in my eye and a knee in my gut. The four year old decided, even after we put her bed in our room with us, to get up early this morning and climb into bed with us. Now mind you this is a four year old that knows what she wants and doesn't mind letting you know where she wants to be in relation to that bed. But all of this only happened after the seven year old finally fell asleep from having a stomach bug.
As I laid in bed watching everyone sleeping I thought how thankful I was that I got to sleep fast and hard during the moments of deep sleep in order to feel invigorated and fully rested. After a few more moments of frailing around my four year old granddaughter climbed out of the bed and went back to her own bed and covered up and fell fast asleep.
After laying there for a moment and realizing I was fully awake I decided to get a glass of water and head outside for some quite garden time. I turned on the water system and picked up my hoe. As I was weeding the garden I realized how easily the dirt was moving and the weeds were coming up.
As I worked the garden I could see how my own life was the example of this garden. What is this life really all about? Why do we have the struggles that we do in life?
Why? Because like the weeds in our gardens that try to overtake the fruit of our plants we are subjected to the daily forces of the contrast or opposite of our true being. These weeds or contrast/opposite of who we are helps us to better learn the strengthens within us. The weeds teach us the wonderful individual that we truly are when we are able to grow the most beautiful fruit even around all the chaos.
When I look at my grandchildren and see the divine love and their kindness to others and their sensitivity I know without a doubt that the divine love that I am is being reflected back to me to allow me to see the love that is always within me. But just like the weeds that can take over the garden so can the opposite of who they or we are can consume them. It's within those people that try to be friends with your children or grandchildren only to get closer to the Divine Love without really earning the right to be in the presences of this love.
Now some of you would say that would be judgmental of me, but all weeds(opposites) try to take the fruit of another that doesn't belong to them!
I can see how my own thorns in life are reflected within my own children and how my mother's thorns are reflected of me. I have said for years that when we clear up our crap we allow our children to grow and be nourished the way they need as a being. I have always been conscious of this as I raised my children, being careful not to project on to them my sins.
So as the weeds and thorns fell at my feet effortlessly this morning as everyone slept soundly in their beds I could feel the love radiating from the sun and earth to hold and nuture my soul. I could feel the love that is always within and doesn't come from anyone or anything, but rather from a Source beyond the physical making itself known here to help us to recognize our own opposite and to get back to our original form, LOVE.
Enjoy this beautiful day.
Love, Dr. Velvete