If you haven't sobbed heart-wrenching, hiccup inducing tears into a seemingly empty universe, maybe you haven't lived. If you haven't doubted, you haven't believed, not truly. If you haven't crossed the valley of darkness, how well are you able to recognize the light?
Maybe the sorrow is not necessary for the enlightenment. However, I'm at a loss when asked to find someone who has avoided it.
Saturday, April 11, 2015
More Than Enough
A little girl stands at my school supply freebies table grasping the pink eraser that she just selected in her tiny hand, her eyes twinkling with delight. When I tell her that she may take a few more supplies, she smiles and giggles. She thanks me and proceeds to fill her hands with erasers and glue sticks and runs to her mother. “I hit the jackpot!” she exclaims.
A few minutes later, she approaches the table again, this time with a box in hand. A well-meaning adult has given her a small box in which to carry her loot. She nods to the half-filled box: “May I have more?” she asks sweetly. The gratitude that she had displayed only moments before has dissipated and is replaced by an unquenchable desire to fill the box.
Humans are the only animals who show up to the earth’s cornucopia with a container. The more we get, the more we want. When our cup runneth over, we run to find a jug.
When you have more than enough, you can always get a bigger container, but why would you want to? Lap gratefully from the abundance of the Universe. Take a sip or a plunge; it doesn’t matter. There’s enough for everyone when we show up with gratitude.
A few minutes later, she approaches the table again, this time with a box in hand. A well-meaning adult has given her a small box in which to carry her loot. She nods to the half-filled box: “May I have more?” she asks sweetly. The gratitude that she had displayed only moments before has dissipated and is replaced by an unquenchable desire to fill the box.
Humans are the only animals who show up to the earth’s cornucopia with a container. The more we get, the more we want. When our cup runneth over, we run to find a jug.
When you have more than enough, you can always get a bigger container, but why would you want to? Lap gratefully from the abundance of the Universe. Take a sip or a plunge; it doesn’t matter. There’s enough for everyone when we show up with gratitude.
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