I sometimes wonder why the word awful refers to something bad. How awful, we say, as if to be filled with awe is undesirable.
My Wisdom tells me that no awe is undesirable; that all awe is a pathway to our truth. It tells me gently that my mind determines the desirability of what delivers us awe, and that if we transcend that conditioning, we will find wonder where before there was fear. There is an opportunity here to rewrite awful as awe-full.
And let’s now be in awe of awe:
My husband reports that travelling with me is like travelling for the first time, for he sees it through the eyes of my awe. I am easily awestruck, and it doesn’t take much to trigger this sense of wonder within me.
Comments from others once encouraged me to dampen the way I spoke about my experiences, as if I was exaggerating the Brilliance I enjoyed, but now I honour in myself this ability to be blown away, to be moved deeply by what I feel in the simple gifts of life, including those gifts that deliver me lessons through pain.
It has served me well; it has led me directly to my truth. For there in the awe of the moment is the greatest offering of gratitude to the All. There in the fullness of presence with what is is the clearest THANK YOU you can ever offer.
And when we give thanks, not merely with the mind, we open ourselves to receive our fullness, for our fullness is realised when we appreciate the all of the all at all times.
When we are absent, lost in the mind, we are disconnected from what is, and of course we cannot be awestruck when we are deprived of presence. We cannot fake gratitude of the heart. No gratitude journal can ever guide us to that appreciation of what is. That appreciation can only be appreciated when we stop thinking about what we are grateful for and start experiencing what is with awe.
Appreciation is beyond words of gratitude; it is the honest meeting of what is with Love.
When I stand brilliantly in my truth, even the most mundane or challenging moments of life fill me with awe, and this awe is my ultimate thank you for being.
With Love
Kirsty
Commentaires