A TRAVEL STORY…of sorts

This is from Debbie

It kinda begins at Sadie’s Place. Sunday morning, August 25th. 

As part of our morning ritual we do random readings. Followed by a writing prompt. Steve gets a stack of 6 or 7 books. I close my eyes. He says “pick a number between 1 and 7”. I say, “hmmmm, 4”

#4 is Joseph Campbell. Steve opens the book, sometimes upside down to a random page. He says “left or right side?”  I say “right”. Steve reads this:

“For the first time, Death smiles”. 

This is our writing prompt for the day. 🤔

Such freedom. To let death smile. To hold no resistance. No clinging. Utter ease in the knowing…All is One. The only true obstacle is our human propensity for avoidance. Somehow believing this body-life is all there is. When the body is finished. We are finished. 

We are not finished!

I am soul and spirit. I fly with the wind. I float with the waters. I nurture the land. When I sit here on the porch at Sadie’s Place and realize that all I see, hear, touch, smell is part of the on-going, never-ending oneness. My ego-self smiles. For the first time, Death and I wink at each other. All is well. 

HERE IS WHAT STEVE HAS TO SAY…

There are so many wonderful pleasures in life. A cup of coffee, sitting comfortably, watching the leaves turn bright. 

One of my friends told me that our blog makes it seem like nothing is wrong.  And he is  right. There is nothing wrong.  

Cancer has come into my life as a teacher, not as punishment. I think that most of the teaching/learning is around fear.  Fear is so subtle, and it can mask itself in so many different ways.  

I am enjoying each day, and now my horizons are getting bigger, not smaller. Anita Moorjani says that when we stop being afraid of dying, we experience incredible freedom.

I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to say. I don’t know what to say! It seems to me that when I experience incredible freedom, the world is just a playground, and I want to revel (maybe even frolic) in the playground of life. I’ve spent too much of my time trying to control life. Now I want to spend more and more time enjoying.

I began this journey hoping that I would get back to life the way it was. Because it was pretty doggone good!  And now, I see that even more doors are opening for me. Ones I’ve never walked through before. 

Life is bigger, not smaller. I’d like to write more but I feel the urge to go celebrate NOW.