Dante's inferno starts something like this: In the middle of the road of my life I awoke as if in a dark wood where the true way was wholly lost. Well here it is the middle - and these are not the gate of hell that I have found with the foreboding sign ***Abandon hope all ye who enter here ***
No instead today I have been confronted by a sea of possibilities. Really - literally - flooded!!!!
This guy at work (Mike S.) and I have had this odd conversation about possibility and intention and yes happiness as the result of attitude for the last 4 weeks - not taking life too seriously - letting go of guilt - setting goals but holding them loosely. Then a movie pop-ed up on Netflix from Sunday:
http://youtu.be/JcMQmuvzPmI
Reminding me of a double rainbow and this gift of the golden secret.
Why am I in this odd job while I appear to be simply waiting for my life to restart? Why doing the monotonous job of testing software for someone elses gain? Why sitting within this pit of anxiety - looking at the dark wood once again (Corporate America-abandon hope indeed)?
Why when faced with this does something seemingly random turn into this flood of possibility.
the way is not lost
the woods are not dark
this may be the middle and still there is so much more
I (we) need not abandon hope - grace is still here in the ridiculousness of feet and duckbilled platypus and taro roots and anything else that seems impossible and yet simply is - like love, forgiveness, joy, passion, hope, dreams, imagination, tomorrow, possibilities, random kindness, puppies, sun sets, bumble bees ... what ever you need to smile.
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