Being Interconnected

Photo Credit: Jessica Chilton

A friend wrote a piece on her facebook wall that really has been speaking to me in a variety of ways. I have been really struggling with the idea of disconnect, especially when it comes to interpersonal connections. This also can apply to the climate in which we live and take part and the dialog that is taking place, both with each other and also within ourselves.

The piece that she wrote was in regard to all that is happening in this world that causes you to want to curl up and hide away and proclaim, "just let me know when it is safe to come out again! I'll be here in my soft place comforting and protecting my heart'. To separate yourself from hard things. This is the temptation.

But what really spoke to me about what my friend said was an intentional choice to lean in. Lean in to the hate, the anger, the pain and say, "we are in this together". How this statement just went straight to the core of my being.  This sense of being interconnected. There is really no escaping it, this connection we have as beautiful givers of light and life. We are connected as human beings.

Choosing life and love and connection and knowing without a doubt that I am connected to humanity. To life.

We are all connected, whether we choose to embrace this or not, we are all in this together.

May my life and your life be filled with those people that choose to embrace this reality.

And may love guide you into all things beautiful and to those people that make you feel alive.