Yearning to Connect

We all yearn to be connected to who we are at our core.   We all also yearn to be connected at a deeper level to one another.  Somehow instead of embracing this, we sometimes miss seeing the connections and make decisions that lead us farther away from who we truly are at our core.

People are disconnected at various levels from not only their core being, but their emotions, their decisions, their responsibilities, their food, nature, their bodies.  The list goes on.

How did we become so disconnected? Boxes.  Physical and mental man-made boxes.

So often we make mental boxes around what we can and cannot do and what others can and cannot do.  The song Flowers are Red  by Harry Chapin says it better than I can.  I cry every time I hear it.

Nature is fluid with possibilities, not rigid with rules.  1 seedling grows into 1 tree, but produces 1,0000 of seeds.  A river flows, a tree branches out, flowers bloom, even the organs in our bodies are curved.  Nature is full of circles and squiggles.

The good news is you can do things daily that are simple, connected and whole.  Things that refresh your soul like drawing, running, music, dancing in the rain, basically remembering to be a kid again.  Embrace quiet time.   Be creative.  Be expressive.  Make someone else’s day brighter.

You don’t need to tell kids to think outside the box, they already do.  Simply sit under a tree with your kids and ask them what they see.  Listen to their responses.

Observe nature for what it is.  No tree is exactly the same and there is no such thing as a “perfect” tree.  Trees are not a big box on a stick, but a canopy of leaves, branches and spaces.

Break down those boxes in your mind and start seeing circles and arcs.  I’m going outside to sit under a tree verses sitting behind this boxy computer~  See you out there!

Summer Joy