This week has been spent putting out many fires at work. Three long days with required early morning tasks have left me running - yet still usually present in whatever needed doing.
It was good to get back to some readings this morning. One talked about how children, when they are developing, can
grasp something but have not yet mastered letting go. I know this. Flexing the fingers around something to hold it is learned before extending the fingers outward to let go. We ask, "How can I hang on to what I have and still get more?"
So in life, I think. Our developmental tendency is to grasp and hold tightly before we learn to let go. Sometimes, I
hold onto things much longer than they - or I, for that matter - need. This is not only in relation to old clothing that I may love, but which I no longer wear (my wedding dress, for example), old thoughts which no longer serve me or the greatest good ("I have to be perfect"), old ways of relating to others (agreeing when drawing a line and disagreeing would move us both forward)...and so many other things. It's not always in my best interest to hold on, although my delusions may tell me otherwise.
So, today, may I find a balance. May I use all that I am holding onto to move me, all whom I encounter, and any necessary activities forward in the name of beauty and the greater good. May I let go of anything physical, mental, or emotional that will prevent or weigh those efforts down.
*Om Namah Shivaya.*
*For those interested, this site provides an explanation of this salutation/mantra: https://www.spiritualsun.com/practices/texts/hindu/om-namah-shivaya
