The Void...

Early this morning I was wakened by Still Waters.....we are standing in a void. There is nothing here. No sun, no moon, no ocean. Just the two of us. We're not even standing on anything. Trusting in him to take care of me (I mean I am just hanging out here!)...I sleepily ask him why he has brought me here.

"Look around you.....what do you see" he asks

"Well, that's easy...nothing" I answer

"OK...then what would you expect to see"...

I play along. "Well, I would expect to see a sidewalk and road"

Suddenly, we are standing on a sidewalk and a paved road for cars to travel on is beside us.

"What else?"...he asks

"Well, some buildings, houses, cars, trees, people..." and with each word that "thing" appears. And now we stand on a bustling city street.

"So are you showing me that I create my own reality? I know that...." I say

"Is everything to your liking? Is this the way you want your life to be?"...he asks

My life starts to flash before me. All the choices that I've made. The people that I've allowed into my life. The jobs that I thought got me nowhere. The relationships that just never worked out. The struggle for money and taking care of myself and my daughter. The times I didn't believe in myself and the times that I did. The problems I've had with others. The joys, the loves, the heartaches. I suddenly realize that all of it...whether good or bad....was designed by me. For whatever lesson I chose to learn or whatever I expected my life to be like based on my childhood and my beliefs...it was all about me.

I want this realization to stay with me...to last. I want to take with me each day the understanding that it is how I make it. Every last second of time...is mine.

"I see....help me to help others to see"

Still Waters nods....."you are"......