I recently came across this wonderful quote by Wayne Muller:
“Your challenge is not to keep trying to repair what was damaged, your practice instead is to re-awaken what is already wise, strong, and whole within you, to cultivate those qualities of heart and spirit that are available to you in this very moment.”
In the past, I put a lot of energy into healing the things that made me feel broken. I also learned processes that supported me in helping others do the same.
But, something was missing.
Letting go of anger, emotional pain, and stories of victimhood, was not enough. It often left a sense of emptiness where the hurt used to reside. We would describe feeling a void and wait passively to see what came to fill it. We were asleep and unaware that we can never truly be empty.
Our souls were calling out to us the entire time.
One day, when working with a client, I instinctively supported her in filling that empty space with the light of her spirit. That wise, strong, and whole part of her that Wayne Muller described. Her healing experience felt more powerful and complete and I have included that step in my processes ever since.
We don’t have to have a special experience to re-awaken to our hearts and spirits. It is something we get to practice every day. Every hour. Every minute.
Our souls are calling out to us, even now. They are always with us, because they are the essence of who we really are.
