The Creation
(experience this with me)
The finish line outstretched in front of you
All but 20 meters to go
The taste of victory in your mouth, in your lungs
5 more exhales to go…
The fumbling of your hands
As you open the letter that determines
The fate, of your college to be
4 more exhales to go…
The sigh of relief as the clock reads 4:59:37 PM
The joy of your workweek coming to an end
The long holiday weekend awaits you…
3 more exhales to go…
The smile on your face as you sign your name
On the solid line
Of your first ever house, your first ever home…
2 more exhales to go…
The rush that you feel as you get down on one knee
Pull out the ring, look into her eyes –
Moments before she says yes to forever
1 more exhale to go…
Take that breath.
Close that gap.
BE the bridge.
You are here.
You are whole.
You, my dear,
Have arrived.
The Story
(my personal experience – how the inspiration came about)
(~2 weeks into my Bali trip)…I had a busy week at work, and ended my day on November 24 with a sigh. I got ready for an afternoon lunch date, which lasted long enough that by the time I got home I was completely exhausted. The evening was still in full swing, so I decided to go for a swim in the pool to relax and ease into the weekend.
The sky was full of pinks and purples – in fact – there was no blue in sight. The pool was pleasantly warm and quiet, and I turned and looked up at the sky. The leaves of palm trees sprinkled my view with tropical delight, music was playing in the distance, and a nearly full moon was shining bright, beaming its evening glow.
I floated there, looking up at the sky in awe, when all of a sudden, it came: this is it…this is exactly where I’m meant to be.
I was washed with these feelings that completely consumed my entire being; it was far beyond the feeling of having “made it” or having “accomplished the thing”. It was the moment of
arriving
in complete totality
in every aspect of who I was.
Pure presence….
Pure awareness…
There was no where else for me to be on the entire planet but exactly where I was, doing exactly what I was doing, being exactly who I was being. A simple moment, perhaps, but one of the most profound experiences I’d ever had.
I had finally arrived.
The Wisdom
(a blessing to take with you)
We are often mere moments, mere breaths, away from a state of being that we have believed only comes a few times in our lives.
A sports win, a college entrance, buying a house, proposing…these events can take our breath away because of all we’ve made them out to be. We reflect on years of training, years of studying, months of research, years of dating to find our Beloved One… We grow accustomed to defining our way of life by “big moments” and successes alike, that speak to the dreams and desires we’ve always had.
And yet, what I’ve come to learn, is it’s just as much the “little moments” that give way to fulfillment as the big ones. It’s all those little moments of presence, of awareness, that bring us to that state of being where we feel complete, whole, and fulfilled in a life well lived….
It’s those moments, those mere breaths, that remind us we have arrived – they remind us that we are exactly where we are meant to be.
Love,
Mariame
MARIAME 