Offering Ourselves Unconditionally to this Present Moment.

“It is not until the door is jammed, that we begin to value the ‘room’ inside.”

I believe this was said by author, Chirag Tulsiani – a reference to the longing that fills Absence’s place.

In our loss, we gain an often painful perspective; that we might learn to cherish, that which sits – right here, right now – in our own two hands.

Indeed, to understand the value of this gift, before the treasure is lost. That’s the trick now – isn’t it? To find balance between the distractions of day and the that continuously awaits us.

“To crave and to have are as like as a thing and its shadow. For when does a berry break upon the tongue as sweetly as when one longs to taste it, and when is the taste refracted into so many hues and savors of ripeness and earth, and when do our senses know any thing so utterly as when we lack it?”― Marilynne Robinson

Longing is perhaps our most difficult emotion – formed in those few short moments when we feel we’ve lost something we never really had.

Giving rise to grief…to disappointment…to uncertainty…to fear

It is only when we’ve finally let go, that our hearts may be truly liberated.

My darlings, never wait for the longing to show you what you already had – though, sadly missed.

To offer ourselves unconditionally to this present moment – without prejudice, without judgement, without the burden of our past pains – my darlings, this is to have truly lived.

About

Tara Lemieux is a mindful wanderer, and faithful stargazer. Although she often appears to be listening with great care, rest assured she is most certainly‘forever lost in thought. She is an ardent explorer and lover of finding things previously undiscovered or at the very least mostly not-uncovered.

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