Living In the Now And The
Not Yet
This past
Sunday, I heard a sermon that changed me forever. Rev. Helen White was talking
about being able to withstand the day in the face of chaos and confusion.
“See yourself
in the now and the not yet,” she exclaimed.
Rev. Helen
shared a meditation whereby you imagine yourself in the midst of any place under attack. She instructed us to imagine the madness around
us while imagining ourselves standing tall against the attacker.
As she
spoke, tears began to stream down my cheeks and I could not stop them.
I was
somewhere in my own mind wondering how to face the things that had me down.
“See
yourself in the now and the not yet.” I heard Helen say. I imagined the chaos
and to my joy, I simultaneously saw that because all things works together,
the world was a much better place and I had somehow imagined it so.
I’ve always had
a hard time with being fully present. I want to be here and in the future at
the same time, and Helen had given me the opportunity to do just that.
Right now,
as I write this, I am present. I am at my keyboard smelling the wonderful dish
of curried vegetables that was made by my friend Sasha, being reheated by my
daughter Fatima. I can hear the sound of the oven door being opened and feel the
condensation on the cool bottle of water next to me. I am fully present and
yet, I’ve floated forward and I am seeing all of the possibilities I can
imagine.
I see my
granddaughter interrupting me with marvelous questions (she’s three months
old.)
I see email
from folks who say that I’ve inspired them thanking me for helping them to see.
I see myself
as whole and healthy and I know then as I do now that I am loved, adored and
well thought of.
As I look at
my own present day refection smiling back at me, I see the now and the not yet.
Be you, be present, be
future.
Bertice Berry, PhD
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