Going Home

I have been in some kind of quiet space lately. I know it is 2010, but I am still deciding what I would like to do next.



I have been questioning lately why I blog, why I create, and where my true passion lies. White space sounds very comfortable right now.



Going home to that place inside that always reminds me what is important in life. Going home to my original intent before I get lost in distractions and "the shoulds."



I attended a seminar last week at a beautiful place nearby. The seminar was conducted by a Jesuit Priest and through a series of prayers, readings, listening to music, meditations, art and writing exercises we were asked to be still and find our way back home.



Then we were asked to break up and find a partner and share. My partner Carol was amazing. What a wise woman, and I loved her journaling and art expression. She studies Chinese Brush Painting.



One of the meditations was to imagine someone we love who has passed over to the other side. We were asked to be still and imagine them coming to us with a gift.



I vividly could see a dream that I had about a loved one coming to me with the gift of a dove.



We discussed what we had received from the reading and meditation exercise. Each one in the class received what they needed in their lives. God had met each of us where we were and given us His Grace to help us with our purpose.



Home is where our passions live. How do you know what your passion is? He said:



“What is it that one thing that you just cannot stop doing?”



Don’t you just love that...the question gets right to the point.



I have been craving simplicity. I have been finding my way back home to where I started. Before I got lost in all "the shoulds" and “To Do” list.



Before I jump into 2010 with a long list of “To Do’s”, I want to dance in the white space of my music before I decide what song I would like to write for this year.




Perhaps the reason white is so appealing is that it leaves no distraction or stumbling block to our path back home.



Perhaps that loved one who is on the other side reminds us that love is forever. The gift is knowing that love is forever and that we are never alone in our journey. I suspect they are always leading the way back home. Cheering us on as we find our life purpose and the joys that passion brings.



The song for this post is For Always.