Butterfly Work

“We are freed to free others.
We are affirmed to affirm others.
We are loved to love others.”
― Ann Weems, Kneeling in Bethlehem

“With every step of our lives we enter into the middle of some story which we are certain to misunderstand.”― G.K. Chesterton

To move from getting over things to transforming them
Caterpillar to butterfly
Beauty for ashes
Being transformed in the process
Opening and allowing
Unlearning and learning anew
Putting down the weight and walls of assumption, judgment, being right, certainty
For curiosity, discovery, unfolding, emergence, surprise, softness
Asking the next question and the next one after that
The dance of doing, being, accepting, allowing, yielding, merging, becoming
Day by day
Glory to glory
Trip and fall, get back up again and again
Laughter too, lots of it, with a side of delight
Grace overflowing
Giving and receiving
Ebb and flow
To understand rather than be understood
Dimensions rather than a flat world
Brilliant colors and hues
Peace that passes understanding
Overcoming the world while remaining in it
Salt and light
Hands and feet
Loving people exactly where they are rather than where they were or where we want them to be, especially oneself
A light, a container, a homecoming, an embrace, a warm blanket on a cool evening, a breeze on a hot summer day
Too much to ask?
Ask anyway, without ceasing.

“If I can put one touch of rosy sunset into the life of any man or woman, I shall feel that I have worked with God.”― G.K. Chesterton