It’s an awakening
But not the kind where you are struck
Like a bolt from above
This is more like a fire
That is enkindled from within
Deep within where it is easy to forget
The truth of you always lives
It keeps the fire of truth burning
Even if it is those little embers
Looking like they are about to go out
Then your heart breathes a little more life
And they light up a little brighter
The fire is fed by the moments we easily dismiss
The ones that strike our hearts and remind us we are alive
Sometimes the aliveness hurts
So we can’t imagine the aliveness being good
But life is life
All is included
The good
The bad
The ugly
The messy and the pretty
The polite and the rude
The welcomed and the turned away
We do not get to determine which parts remind us of it
We only get to use all of what is handed to us and decide what to make of it
It is in the decision that we form it
Into the story our life tells
To the world
But mostly to ourselves
We get to choose how to play the cards we are dealt
We don’t get to choose when it starts or ends
We can choose to play full out
Or sit on the sidelines
There is a reason for the sidelines on the playing field
Why players get substituted in and out
They all have a role to play in the game of life
The importance of our role is up to us
Some will tell us whether ours is up to snuff or not
But the questions remain:
What role are they playing when they are deciding the value of ours?
What role have we given them to play in ours?
Do they symbolize what we believe about ourselves?
What we fear about the fire within us?
Is it bright enough?
Will it go out before we get another breath to fuel it?
What if it is not seen by others?
What if we are afraid to get too close to it?
What if we have been scared by it before?
What if we are just awakening to the curiosity of how the fire of life has survived all these years?
So many questions
So few answers
So we pray for one more breath
One more moment to tap a little closer
into the awakening of the fire within
a chance to ask another question
discover a little more
and find a way to make the light within
shine through the heart we are choosing to know
and who knows
maybe someone will see our light
whether on the field or the sidelines
and remember to trust
it is lives within them too
all they have to do is
breathe
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