Sunday, October 10, 2010

Wealthy Kid

Dawn is the perfect time to encounter past life memories we have stored from our critical thinking selves.
The world around me is in slumber and I am slowly becoming aware that I am in my bed. I always inquire "please show me something of my past that can teach me today."
As I waited for the quickly moving shapes to form I was seized by a thought. It repeated itself as the fractured colored shapes assembled into a table with all of my siblings seated. It was a birthday of a family member. The gifts were very sparse, no decorative festivity--just another day in my parents home.
However, over and over again I was aware that the gift was "family".  It was relational.
I waited for more to come as usually that image will melt into another, but this remained. You have  known wealth, it is not about the things to unwrap-- you have been given much.
I awoke and stayed silent in my room. I thought of this and how I have just bought roller-blades for my granddaughter's 9th birthday. I fretted over what to buy her, even the paper in which to wrap it. But now I feel myself grinning. She has a room of her own filled with things. I shared it with 4 sisters until the age of 18--and we had no bounty of "things". We had each other. And I need to share that insight--this is my gift.

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