The contents of this blog keep shifting, just like my life. However, the one, unchanging purpose of the blog is to be a trail of breadcrumbs. I intend it to be a travelogue of the journey I call life. I want other people on the journey to read it and perhaps find a bit of themselves and their triumphs and struggles in here and know they are not alone.
I don't want to spin it, I just want to capture it. A life of transformation is not all sweetness and light. Yes, what we pay attention to increases, but what we deny or resist persists. It's not balanced to only focus on the light side. God is in the angst just as God is in the joy.
There's no cause for concern when the posts are heavy. It's all just a part of life. Wrestling with angels is hard work and stirs up a lot of muck. Shadow sides are part of us, too, and carry much valuable information. They are not to be shunned, they are to be embraced.
Each new plateau brings new vistas and new terrain to navigate. The journey to awakening is never ending. Sometimes it's easy and sometimes the path is rock strewn. One is not better than the other as far as value. Sure the easy parts feel better, but I won't deny the hard parts.
Through it all, however, I laugh. Nothing is permanent and when I wrestle with the angels, I always find my way through it to the peace on the other side. I will hopefully learn how to put aside the wrestling for more gentle ways to learn, and I know joy is my natural state. It's all good.
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