Do you see it there?
Those small,
Recurring flashes of reality?
These truths,
They're beyond doubt.
These flashes need no explanation,
And perhaps have none.
They simply say,
Here.
Here.
This way.
With complete authority.
For me,
It's the simplest statement.
It seemed too simple to be enough.
That said,
Create an environment.
It takes time.
It takes stepping.
Stepping in,
Stepping aside,
Stepping away.
To begin to realize the truth and beauty,
The beyond doubt-ness of these small,
Recurring flashes.
You have your own.
You know what it is.
For me,
It was shoved down so far,
Never shared with anybody because it seemed too simple.
There was no capacity in it that felt like it was fulfilling a current need that would be sustaining and life-giving.
For myself,
Or for the world if I was going to go that grand.
But it's the truth.
Find yours.
Write down every little flash you receive.
Begin to distill those sensations that come to mind.
It may be a flash of words across the screen of your mind.
It may be an overheard line of conversation that ignites a fire in your belly.
It may be the sensation of an open heart as you open your eyes in the morning and you realize something has happened.
This may be for you,
As it is for me,
Your marker in the desert.
The sign saying,
Here,
This way,
With tremendous authority.
It is to what I'm held responsible.
When I write my gratitudes each morning,
It could be at the top every day.
After this long five-year journey,
Yes 40 days,
This one simple statement has managed to cancel out all my mistakes and weaknesses,
Evasions,
And falsifications of self.
Hasn't entirely,
But to a great degree,
Released me from shame,
And guilt,
And self-doubt,
And blaming.
I can see now that it's only ever been trying to lead me further and further in the direction that I've been shown to be my best self and to do I am here with purpose to do.
This simplicity is the truth.
It's the obfuscation of all that self-doubt,
And shaming,
And guilting that is false.
If it takes you 40 days,
Or five years,
It's no matter.
Because once you reach this point,
All that time disappears like sand,
And you're on firm ground once again.
Awaken creative.
Write down those flashes,
And stand in their light.
