January 29, 2024 – A

We have to be grounded 
in what grounds us,
in what serves us 
as the grounding foundation 
of our life.

There is what we do for a living,
and there is what we live to do.
Sometimes they are the same thing,
sometimes they are worlds apart.

What we live to do
is the grounding foundation
of our life.

Maybe it's riding horses.
Or shoeing them.
Could be anything,
but it is without a doubt
OUR thing.

So.
What's your thing?
The thing you live to do?
The thing that is your 
grounding foundation.

I'm always surprised
at the vast number of people
who have no clue.

My parents had no clue.
And their ancestors.
And most of their friends
and acquaintances...

Not knowing what our thing is
is not knowing who we are
or what is ours to do,
or what is guiding our boat
on its path through the sea.

It is being lost without direction,
drifting from one "Why not?"
to the next
forever.

The solution is as near
as our butt.

Sit down.
Shut up.
Listen.
Look.
Know what you know
and what you don't know.
Wait for the mud to settle
and the water to clear.

All of the answers
are to be found eventually
in the right kind of emptiness,
stillness
and silence.

You can start by wondering
what you love to do.
What's the Ariadne's Thread
running through your life?

We are born into a maize
with a golden thread in our heart.
All we have to do is 
follow the thread
in a "Me, Not Me" kind of way.

And we have done that
without knowing we are doing it
throughout our life.

Now, we only have to become 
conscious of what it is
that has gotten us
to right here,
right now.

And start doing it 
with all our heart
and soul
and mind
and strength
from now on.

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