So many questions, so few answers. So many dilemmas that, on the surface, have few solutions. I find myself wondering that if we cannot find adequate answers or doable solutions, how shall we live? How will we navigate through the uncertainties?
Perhaps, the simplest solution or the beginning of resolution is to walk arm in arm with one another fully prepared to give each other a hand; to raise up another. To accomplish this, we do not focus on what hinders another — these are manifestations of their suffering.
We focus on how the other and our self can lift up one another and ultimately the world through their skills and talents. In moments of compassionate understanding, we unlink our arms and clasp the other’s hand not to say, “job well done,” but to say, I am here for you. With a hand up we help others lift themselves to a place where they can accomplish that well done.
Arm in arm, hand to hand, we create arcs across chasms. These bridges raise us from a place of suffering into a world of possibility. Here we find opportunities to become our best, truest self. We create a world not of divides but of a patchwork of connection — a network that we travel, as individuals and collectively, into the light of realization.
This light of realization is not somewhere out there. We do not strike a match against a rough surface, and the light flares externally. No, each of us is a piece of kindling that catches our internal fire. Our ember grows with each thought, word, and action that raises up our self or another. As we link arm with arm, we create a network for the light to flare across, to join with other lights, and to create a powerful light that invites the dark to cast aside its cloak and shine with us.
We may never be able to answer those boggling questions or solved our perceived dilemmas, but together we do respond to the uncertainties in the world in ways that encourage our incredible lightness of being. Light shining we clasp the hand of another. Our spark flares across the network lifting us into a place of increased light. Arm in arm we transform the world by raising up one another mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Vanessa F. Hurst, ms, is a Mindful Coach, Neural Synchrony™ facilitator, Professional Speaker, and Author who weaves her inner wisdom into all she touches. Vanessa assists clients in navigating their life paths with intuition. Her books are A Constellation of Connections: Contemplative Relationships and Engaging Compassion Through Intent & Action. Contact Vanessa @ vanessa@intentandaction.com for keynotes, programs, and consultations.
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