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Writer's pictureShirley Riga

Week 4 - Sitting in the Power


YOU ARE RIGHT WHERE YOU NEED TO BE


My granddaughter is questioning her life, waiting for changes in her body, comparing herself to her friends, wanting to feel part of a community, wanting to do better, wanting to do good. Her mom reminds her she is right where she needs to be.


Right where I need to be


I remind my daughter what a great job her and her husband are doing for their daughter reminding her she is right where she needs to be.


Right where I need to be.


I remind myself I am right where I need to be.


Life is a journey step by messy step. Good things; bad things; smart things; stupid things. It is all part of the journey and it is so easy to take my eyes off the present and focus on the horizon because that is where I think I should be.


Blessing the Way

With every step you take,

this blessing rises up to meet you.


It has been waiting

long ages for you.


Look close

and you can see

the layers of it,


how it has been fashioned

by those who walked

this road before you,


how it has been created

of nothing but

their determination

and their dreaming,


how it has taken

its form

from an ancient hope

that drew them forward

and made a way for them

when no way could be

seen.


Look closer

and you will see

this blessing

is not finished,


that you are part

of the path

it is preparing,


that you are how

this blessing means

to be a voice

within the wilderness


and a welcome

for the way.

—Jan Richardson

 

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