“If you desire healing,
let yourself fall ill
let yourself fall ill.”
― Rumi
First of all, I’m a delight.
Second, everything I’m about to tell you is true.
Third, it’s time for my yearly cold/flu/???
When my body is feeling a little more tactile than normal, I apparently like to walk around in the land of nostalgia. The images in this post are from an art journal I created in 2012 when I was teaching classes on…you guess it…art journaling. It was how I blended being a lay therapist/spiritual director, artist, writer, teacher – and well…all of the other things I was doing at that time.
Y’all I was at my peak – and life was doing what life does. I miss that time, and am slowly working my way back after events in my world created a huge chasm. Honestly, I’m gathering the courage to talk about it – or write about it – and right at a pivotal moment in my reverse phase planning, the annual illness came to visit a little early.
“first turn yourself upside down
empty yourself like a cup of wine
then fill to the brim with the essence
a voice is descending
from the heavens
a healer is coming”
– Rumi
So I guess there’s a little more work to be done, and a little more time to hear the voice descending from within.
Much love – y’all stay healthy and safe out there,
~ KEU
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Kim Upton 