One love at a time. That's
what I taught Rumi. “Just one love at a
time, Rumi.”
What do I love today?
Am I willing to devote my god/goddess self to creating that, to
nurturing that, to honoring that? Are you?
Do you think like this?
Every day is new.
Every thought can be new. But are
we willing to take it to the next level? Are we willing to make it our
art? Are we willing to devote? And if
we're willing to devote, then we're going to take energy from our ability to
live, to create something we love. Are
we willing to do that? Because that's
the only reason we're here.
If you think that you're going to save something up, and some
bolt of lightning from somewhere is going to magically... no. It's going to come to you the way it always comes
to you, so that you can make a choice.
And then you realize, I am something that I haven't believed I am! Something is communicating with me,
something's telling me things, it's giving me pictures, inspirations, and it’s
pulling me. I can feel it; it's pulling
it right out of me!
And there's a part of me that's saying, "You can't
leave! You can't do this! What about
me?"
And then this light turns us around and we face the apparition
and we say, "What about you? It's
always been about you, hasn't it? As
long as I have inhabited this body it's always been about you. And now it's about me, just me. And I'm going
to forgive, and I‘m going to extend my soul kindness, and I'm going to allow
you to work with me. And we are going
places. I'm going to take you places you
couldn't believe! And there's no one
that can stand in our way, and I'm going to prove that to you."
"Well, I don't know if I'm going to like—"
“It’s now what you think you may like or dislike. It’s simply what I’m about to do."
“And what is that?”
“Change life. I’m going
to change it all. I’m going to do
whatever it is I’ve always wanted to do and I wasn’t able to, but I am.”
And then all we have to do is do it. Once we understand that, it’s a different
life. I understood that in my longing to
meet Rumi, I was willing to give everything up, and I did; and I was prepared
to invest, and I did; to commit, and I did; to devote, and I did. And not to fear, not fear any change, but to
follow my heart, my soul, and I did. And
you will too.
Shams
