The Sign Says . . .
These signs are located in the sculpture park we visited in Stevens Point, Wisconsin recently. They caught my attention as much as the sculptures and unique labyrinth did. I need reminders to be kind to myself in my thoughts and in my heart. I need gentleness breaks to support the compassion I hope to have on hand for others and for myself.
Just pausing to read the sign is a good start. If my husband and I hadn’t taken the time to find the park and walk in it, we wouldn’t have received these little surprises. I wouldn’t have captured them on my phone camera and had them on hand to keep bringing me the heartwarming smiles they brought when I first saw them.
Yield to love and vulnerability. A big and open heart will allow for plenty of both. Pain and hurt can’t be shut out entirely, nor should they be. They are part of life and often our best teachers. Because we love, we will also know pain and loss. But a heart that yields to love is comforted and can take the path of healing. It’s not a stop sign. There’s a big difference.
Meander. On the path in the park. In your own backyard. On the way to the grocery store or post office. Meander. It has such a welcoming and unhurried tone to it. Welcoming and unhurried. If I bring that to the next few moments, and pause in a busy day to meander some more, with my feet or with healthy thoughts, I will get where I want to go. Destination: peace.
You are enough. I am enough. Always have been. Always will be. I am not perfect. You are not perfect. Never have been. Never will be. Perfect is unattainable and unsustainable. Enough doesn’t require constant toil. It benefits from constant acceptance. If I picture that sign on the chest of everyone I see today, it reflects back to me. There will be less energy given to judging, wondering, fretting, fearing, and trying too hard. More energy will go to being. Fully being. And when we are fully present humans, the world is a better place for us and for all of creation.
This is enough for now. Go meander. Yield to the love in the day ahead.
