Our lives are filled with things which must be done: errands, tasks, to-dos, responsibilities.
We move through life accomplishing these things, checking off each one and moving on to the next one. We finish our errands, meet our responsibilities, get things done. Our lives have a rhythm, a comfortable pattern, that keeps us going. We do not even really need to think about the deepest part of ourselves; we just move on to the next task, the next to-do.
Every so often, we are reminded of who we truly are. We remember how we fit into our own story.
We remember that we are part of a larger story, a context of meaning and purpose. We glimpse a piece of the background, the environment, of our lives. We see, out of the corner of our eye, who we truly are. We gain an inkling of our true potential.
From the prose in which we live each day, we hear the whisper of the poetry of life.
That glimpse, that whisper, can change everything. It reassures us and attracts us. It giver us hope. It reminds us of who we really are, and who it is possible for us to become. It is powerful but, if we do not pay attention, it is also fleeting. In the rush of tangible to-dos and tasks, it can be easy for it to evaporate. We believe that we imagined it.
We are drawn to remember and to anticipate who we are. Our lives are brimming with possibilites, and we are not paying attention. It is only as we spend time getting past the things we expect of ourselves, the daily demands that absorb our lives, that we are able to get in touch with our true story.
What will you do today to remember and anticipate your true story?
[Image by Johan Larsson]
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