The Way Forward

I have learned once we become identified with anything, really, we then feel the need to defend it. Instead of leaning in, and being expansive, we so often do its opposite. Our humanness wants the identity: that which makes us different.

We so often want this tension between being separate and wanting to be the same. Being different or even feeling different can be scary, though.

Whether it is a political party or a religion or a family way of life, once we claim it, we own it as part of who we are. Sometimes at all costs. If we are uncareful, we can allow it to deprive us of our compassion, our kindness, our remembrance of who we all are.

We can see differences. How often do we look at our samenesses? We all love, hopefully. We breathe. We dance. We play.

Our attention can keep us centered. What we actively look for can do the same.

Instead of wanting to identify more, perhaps we should identify less. This might be our best path forward. This might be the only way to undo what we’ve done.

Life Forward.