The medicine of zooming way, way out

Right now, I am a ball of urgency at the center of my own universe wondering if I should just delete my book manuscript rather than send it back to my publisher to be finalized. If I zoom way, way out I am a microscopic creature with a heartbeat on a lil rock dancing around a sun in an ever-expanding universe.

Right now, I am dismayed by the clowns on the world stage. If I zoom way, way out I open to the mystery of timelines. I have to wonder if this reckoning is happening to force us to look at the mess we’ve made, forgo the bypassing of years past, and clean things up once and for all so we can move forward to a livable, just, abundant world.

Right now, the rain makes me think of floods and the possibility of my house washing away and memories of others’ houses being swallowed by rivers. When I zoom out, I remember that we tried to straighten the Mississippi once. We tell rivers where to go and show us the consequences. From this zoomed out place I remember that the planet and its magical forces are in charge and we can respond through the gifts given to us by the Earth itself. Our body being one of those gifts.

Right now, I think every decision I make will be the last decision I can ever make, and I will trap myself in a life I didn’t know enough about. Once zoomed out, I see an older me with a long braid laughing at this naiveté and a line of Ancestors and predecessors delighting in continuity, shared gifts, and the fruits of frustration.

Right now, I see you wondering if you should make that thing, say that thing. I ask you to zoom out and imagine the ripple effects through our interconnected planet. I ask you to see beyond you and into us and our need for your delight and honesty.

The Wonderings & The Gatherings

This month’s The Gatherings is from 12-1pm ET on June 17th. The Wonderings answers questions including:

• How can we stay soft like moss?

• What ways can we remain open to connection when we’re feeling hardened off?

• How do we build friendships as adults when we aren’t in places with built-in communities like school?

• How do we push through the fear and vulnerability associated with connection? How do we embrace the entangled mess?

Zoom link for The Gatherings and recording of The Wonderings are below: