Days 137-138 The Blessings of Light

Sometimes, when I am empty of all my reserve, I find myself in an uncomfortable zone of fragility, feeling inadequate and unlovable. I vacillate between a voice of calm reason that offers encouragement and the fear that I am on the verge of falling apart.

Does this make you uncomfortable just reading about this awkward place of vulnerability? It does me, I would much rather push it all away.

But then I catch myself, and notice my resistance to being present to tend to these inner trembling’s. After all they are only feelings and if offered loving awareness are bound to float by like clouds in May.

It all gets a little muddled but on some level I believe that acceptance is the greatest gift we can offer one another. On the other side of gloom is this lovely Light and my heart swells with gratitude for your presence in my life.

Liz Sorensen Wessel

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Categories: Reflections, Holidays, Spirituality

Tags: Erie Chapman Foundation, Liz sorensen Wessel, Radical Loving Care, Tracy Cochran

6 responses to “Days 137-138 The Blessings of Light”

Erie Chapman Foundation

May 17, 2014 at 10:00 am

You are such an emphatic being, Liz. Thank you for that since it is a gift as is your always comforting artwork. Not sure I would describe our emotions as “only feelings” (although maybe you are right.) After all, you are certainly wise when you state that “…acceptance is the greatest gift we can offer one another.” Thank you for being such a blessing.

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Maria Doglio

May 17, 2014 at 12:01 pm

Remember, dear Liz, we are all very vulnerable right now to the transforming energies that are coming to the earth from the cosmos. The purpose is to ruffle the surface, help us dig deep and let it go so we can transform with our Mother Earth. You are brave to share your vulnerability here, but you are not alone, we recognize that in ourselves as well, what you are feeling. Trust in the process and always center yourself in your heart, dear friend. I have been silent here for a long time, but it is only because I am on my own personal journey. Love to you and Erie. Keep going.

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Maureen McDermott

May 18, 2014 at 2:03 am

How powerfully the sweep of your brush captures the Light in the reassuring quote from Tracy Cochran, Liz. Yes the Light is greater than any of our fears and uncertainties yet when we are in that dark spot how much we need the light of others to visit us with hope and encouragement. Thank you Liz.

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Cheri Cancelliere

May 18, 2014 at 8:09 pm

Liz, This is truly a beautiful expression of that instant between spiritual inhale and exhale, when we stand vulnerable, waiting, indecisive to the point of trembling as we choose between resistance and surrender to love. God bless you for touching my heart and my life with truth and beauty.

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Jonathan Ang

May 23, 2014 at 12:54 am

More too often than not, people try to hide their own insecurities for fear of judgement from others. I, too, am guilty of masking my insecurities. I put it aside and try to let it pass instead of working on it. Reflecting on this, I need to ask myself sometimes how can others accept me when I, myself, do not. We all deserve that loving awareness to help us grow.

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Woodrow Wessel

May 29, 2014 at 11:07 pm

Life is what happens while you busy making planning other things. Let me be the one to tell you that you are not only loved, but have made a difference in the world.

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