"You're running and you're running and you're running away
you're running and you're running and you're running away
you're running and you're running, but you can't run away from yourself..." Bob Marley
We love our stuff, don't we? We love to reminisce about the "good ol' days", relive tragedies, and erect elaborate defense mechanisms to prevent future hurt. But what good does this do us? If we can learn from our mistakes, the past is not a waste, but if we insist on carrying the past around with us we'll just end up sad and tired.
Today's practice is centered around the idea that having a solid connection to the earth will allow us stability, and with that stability the confidence and trust in ourselves to be able to move with surety through our lives. Life doesn't have to be a heartbreaking struggle. It may be sometimes but it is not the ultimate of living experiences. If we can learn to trust and rely on the ground beneath us we will walk taller, relax more deeply and be more spacious.
We will connect to the earth today and commit to it the baggage we think defines us. As we let it go we will be amazed at the freedom we can feel.
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