My daughters, all the time, are my reminders to stay awake in this world. To stay connected to what is true and truly what is simple. We humans have gotten so good at making things incredibly complicated, haven’t we? We overanalyze every move to the point of paralysis sometimes. Well, what if it was simpler than that? What if we stopped making it so damn hard to be present and enjoy this one life that we have.
The other night the girls and I were content, listening to the rain, settling in on the couch for a movie and some popcorn. I was finishing up some writing on my computer when my daughter came and snuggled in right under my arm.
“What are you writing?” She always asks with the curiosity of a lioness.
I didn’t have much of an answer since anything I was jotting down wasn’t coherent yet. Not enough to share anyway. I just said that I was writing about how I felt this week, things I needed to do, and just some other ideas I want to work on.
Then I asked her, “What should I write about?”
“LOVE IS GOOD. Write that, Mama.”
This kid I tell ya, she is the incarnation of love. Anytime I ask what I should write about or what she wants to share, it’s love. I’d like to think I had a hand in it, but I truly think she came here that way. Full of love and always eager to share it with the world.
I asked, “If you could share one thing about life, what would it be?”
“I hope your life is good. I hope your life is beautiful. I hope your heart is beautiful and happy.” Me too kid. That is my hope for people too.
From the mouths of babes, the meaning of life. Love is good and I hope your life is beautiful and your heart is happy. It’s so simple isn’t it? They see it. When do we lose that sight? For many of us, at least if we have done an ounce of soul searching, that is the simplest answer we return to: love. I think we don’t believe it can be that simple. Again, we complicate it, or wonder if it’s “right”.
As a lifelong observer of the human condition I am fascinated by people’s relationship to love. What it means to them. What they notice. How they have it in their lives. How they heal from it’s loss or betrayal. It is those that have love in every form, an overflowing abundance of it, that seem to be deeply well. They have an understanding that love isn’t just a romantic partner. Love comes in sideways through service, community, laughter, friendship, mentorship, nature, even strangers on the street.
So can we allow ourselves to steep in the simplicity of what life offers us? It’s a work in progress, I know. Trust me, I am right there with you if you overanalyze and find yourself working too hard to figure it all out. I am constantly sitting my ass down, hitting the mat, sitting by a tree, and returning to the space that is ever expansive and present within all of us. If 6 year olds can access it and know it’s truth, maybe we should just listen to them once in a while.
So that’s it this week, uncomplicated, love is good.
Stay deeply well and ever wild out there my friends.
Let’s rise,
ah
A pure and radiant light. A Truth-teller that is already leaving her kind mark. I might have gotten misty eyed.