Grow: Always meant to be

The healing is not the destruction. It is not the day you
know it is finally time to uproot your life. It is not the
moment you tell someone they are no longer welcome, it is
not the hours you spend decluttering, it is not the minute
you walk away. The healing is how you gradually allow your
soul to drip into your days again. It is how you show up
more fully now that the debris is cleared, and the roads
are unblocked, and your life is once again renewed and
refreshed and freed. It was never about whether or not
you had the courage to light fire to what was, it was
whether or not you were willing to plant a seed in its place,
and to grow what was always meant to be.

Guide from Beyond

This being human is a guesthouse.

 Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,

Some momentary awareness comes

   as an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!

Even if they’re a crowd of sorrows,

  who violently sweep your house

    empty of its furniture,

 still, treat each guest honorably.

  He may be clearing you out

    for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,

  meet them at the door laughing,

      and invite them all in.

  Be grateful for whoever comes,

    because each has been sent

      as a guide from beyond.