Day 2: When you’re broken, you’re open.

There are precious few times in our lives when things break open and split apart…

your work,
your marriage,
your health,
your faith,
your sense of self,

your heart

…and I won’t think these are “bad” times.
They are hard times, yes, but in them lie the maps and guideposts to new places. Without them, we’d circle ’round and ’round ourselves like unchained elephants, completely unaware of the reach in our height and the might in our steps.

In these times, we jolt into an awakened state where we can suddenly take new notice of things:

Things we’ve loved, but no longer like.
Things we’ve hated, but have begun to understand.
Things that don’t fit us, and maybe never did.
Things we’re surprised to want and
things that have no gift in keeping.

What shocks me most of all is the sedation that smallness brings to our lives. When we curl up inside ourselves, we fall asleep, and the slumber is deep.

Wake up. You’ll be amazed by the faces you see in the crowd.