Tag: recovery

Reflections

This Sacred Journey

Laurie's Notes

For a while

I searched for healing

outside of me.

There were those

who showed up to walk

with me for brief time.

There were those

who turned away.

All were helpful pointers.

But it was when I became

willing to turn around

and stand firmly

in the quiet place within,

to go straight to the core,

the place we long for

and fear,

that just the right ones

showed up

at just the right time

to walk me through

the door

of my own heart.

And I was thankful

for this

and for each one before

and after

who was brave enough

to take this sacred journey

and meet me in this place

where we are one.

Reflections

From This Space

Laurie's Notes

I let go

of the search

for understanding

and relief outside

of me.

I began to reconnect

with my own heart

and with my experiences

in the world

in a gentler way.

And to my surprise,

this gentler way

was so beautiful

that just one whisper

from this space

was enough

to drop all that was

untrue and unneeded

forever.

Quieting

The Starting Point

Laurie's Notes

The deepest kind

of healing,

I found,

didn’t come out of

neatly wrapped packages,

but from the persistent search

and willingness to sink

right down into

what appeared on the surface —

to see through it,

honoring without needing

to analyze or fix —

to become quiet

in my heart

so that the pure love

and clarity

I found there

naturally became

the starting point

in all instances.