30 Days To A New Life- Day 29

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I had written in my first blog entry that I was searching for the answer to the one universal desire. I believe this desire is to be known by ourselves and others as we truly are. To allow for the space to speak and act from our truest selves without concern for whether we will be judged. My dad discovered the peace that follows late in his life; a life that ended on this earth with a perfection that always existed but that he was too afraid to see. All too often the moment when everything changes is born out of crisis- a tragic accident, a death of a loved one, an illness, when life throws us a curve ball that forces us to stop in our tracks and decide whether it is worth continuing to live attached to the ghosts of our past or to live surrendering to the present moment where the ego has given up the fight. If we have the tools to deal with surrendering to the present moment as perfect before a crisis, a new life emerges from the ashes of old thinking patterns.

These tools are now all around us. They are found in the inspired lives of so many who are letting go of needing to be esteemed and who are recognizing the extraordinary lives they have already led amidst a seemingly ordinary existence. These tools are found in changing our beliefs about our worthiness, in forgiving our greatest offender, in expanding our vision while daring to be disappointed and in slowing down our thinking enough to listen for guidance from within. The tools are found in truthfully living our desire to be known.

Every year during the holiday season, my wife and I watch the movie It’s a Wonderful Life. Near the end of the movie, George Bailey, after attempting to commit suicide had been given the gift of seeing what life would have been like had he never been born. The depravity that was present in his community because he never existed was rivaled only by his sense of loneliness and utter despair that no one- including his mother, wife and friends knew who he was. When he was allowed to go back into the world that included him in it, George ran into his friend Bert the cop, who now recognizes George. The human condition is captured on film through Jimmy Stewart’s delivery of:

“Do you know me, Bert?”

I have taken on this 80 day journey because I want everyone to know the real me. Through it all, I have gotten to know my Father and so many other beautiful human beings. Most importantly, I want you all to consider revealing your truest selves and living out the life you have always known is possible. Don’t wait. The moment is not in the future. The moment is now.

“Yet you know me, O LORD; you see me and test my thoughts about you. Drag them off like sheep to be butchered! Set them apart for the day of slaughter!”- Jeremiah 12:3