How do I heal the ache inside of me? How do I transform the black hole of
emptiness where love and dreams used to co-exist into a fully functioning and
healthy heart again? Is that hole where
my passions and dreams used to exist? Or
is it where I used to hold onto the love I received, storing it with my dreams
for darker days? So that I could tap into that reserve whenever I might feel
lonely or lost. I want so badly to
believe it is just a temporary situation and that my dreams and desires are
simply being held so tightly, protected from any current reality, that they
will emerge like carbon under pressure to shine brilliantly and show a quality
of resilience unlike any other dreams before them.
My dreams cannot be dead.
They must be just in a deep slumber, waiting to be awakened. Once awakened, they will shine brightly and
be a beacon for others in search of rekindling their own dreams. You see, dreams don’t really die; they just
go unnourished, unable to survive without care and intentional nurturing. For you must love your dreams as you do
yourself, as they were born of you, spawn of your deepest desires.
As our dreams are slowly being prodded awake from their long
hibernation, we need to ask if they still resemble our dreams of long ago, or
have they aged and matured while we ignored them and let them lay fallow? With fresh, but tired, eyes we look at these
dusty dreams to try them on once again.
Do they still fit, or have years of neglect made them saggy and
shape-less? Are they too small for us
now? Have we matured into a more
awakened state only to realize that our dreams were constricting or were
dependent upon someone else? If we are
truly to be happy we need to scour those dreams in search of any kernels of a
vision that still resonate in our hearts today.
We need to morph those dreams into ones that are pertinent to whom we
are now. We need to infuse them with the
wisdom from our many life experiences.
We need to extract out the parts that don’t align anymore and smooth out
the rough edges so that we can not only see our dreams clearly, but that we may
feel our way to them without the pain of sharp fragments left by components
ripped out. We must facilitate our
dreams compassionately.
Show them love and light so that they may benefit others.
Much Metta to All Dreamers,
Michelle
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