dailydatewithgod

Sometimes we find ourselves in situations where we do not know what to say.  We are afraid we will say the wrong thing or upset someone with what we say.  Typically this shows up when we are witnessing the vulnerability of another person.  It first and foremost puts us into resonance with our own vulnerability.  This can be unnerving and our mind starts doing jumping jacks because we have just stepped into the realm of embodied experience.  The opening of one’s heart that comes with vulnerable situations is not one that can be described well and it is different for all people involved.  When we step into the space of our heart, our mind is not in control and so words elude us.  We fight with ourselves because we fear the perceived loss of control and we say stuff to just fill the silence. Our mind jumps up with a standard list of responses and actions.  If we opt to be within brevity at those moments, we make room for our presence to hold the presence of another.  We allow our presence to be enough for ourselves when we are alone.  The ephemerality of words and actions in the presence of embodied heart-felt times is priceless.  It is contrary to the inclination of going, making, and doing.  Brevity is the opportunity for being to be enough.  In our hearts we know it is enough.