If you were to take all the struggles you are currently enduring
And refer to them as ‘keys’ to the mystery of life,
We can use this imagery
To walk through some ideas together
Follow along if you can…
Place all those keys in a bowl
Imagine the bowl by the front door in your house
As you step through the threshold of your door
Place the keys in the bowl
Drop them
Place them
Toss them
Use whatever means you wish
Just place the keys in the bowl
In essence,
The idea is to detach yourself
From the journey you’ve endured
(Or enjoyed)
In order to let go of its energy
If the recent drive was a burden
Drop the key to the experience into the bowl
As you would lay the burden in the hands of God
Trusting the Holy Ones willingness
To love and support you through it
Should your journey be light and engaging of the heart
Place the key in the bowl
In such a way as to show appreciation to the Holy One
For all things good
The trick is to entrust whatever is your current experience to Spirit
In order to let go of the tendency
To dwell endlessly on the oddities
Of this or that situation
We tend to overburden ourselves
When we carry too much all at once
Consider this…
We cannot make a bowl
Where our heart should be
Our heart needs to be free to breathe
To expand
To be held up with enough space left
To accept the love of the universe intended for us to receive
When we hold all the keys
To all the many stories in our circle
In our hands at once
We fall out of balance
With that which is within our ability to control
In this state of unintentional overwhelm
We begin to panic
The keys begin to fall from our hands
(As is God’s intention
To unburden us)
As we watch things fall
Clattering to the floor
Our brain begins to criticize
We shame and blame ourselves
For not being better able to
Do more
Do better
Let me remind you…
We aren’t meant to juggle with keys
They don’t cooperate…
There are too many variables
Each with different weights
Sizes
Configurations
What if there was a way
To share the multitude?
One would perhaps need to forgive oneself the truth
We are not capable of solving everyone else’s issues
Nor are we meant to,
Clearly,
But this does not stop us from trying
Your kindness,
Your empathetic nature,
Strong intellect
And
Ability to find logical solutions to complex issues
Has been duly noted
On this side of the affair
The idea of letting go
An area of practice needed
We love you
For all you are and
All you do
Now is the time to love yourself equal to what we do
The Swirling thoughts held in your head
Are more than is your intended share
So,
Place the keys in the bowl
All of them
Place all the keys in the bowl
As you enter your home
And seek to create
A place of peace and sanctity and rejuvenation
Within the walls of your home
(This may take some time, Dear one,
You’re out of practice…)
Equally,
When you head out the door into your day
Reach again into the bowl
Choosing wisely,
The set of keys which will carry you along a gentle path
You cannot drive your car in five directions at once
Is it any wonder
No destination reached satisfies you, of late?
Choose one path
And only one
The smaller goal reached
Bringing a sense of completion
Don’t choose the largest most complex destination
Small and heart centred
Will boost your sense of self, tenfold
We encourage you to consider this…
If the keys are not in your basket
You cannot hold yourself responsible
For what happens on that path
Perhaps drop a few sets out the window
On your way to small successes
We love you that much as to wish this for you
Let go, dear one
Create peace within
Because you deserve it!
With love,
The Universe and all that is
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