You rise up and still you rise no matter what comes your way. Some way and some how, you continue to rise. We think of Phoenix Rising and poems by Maya Angelou and they do inspire us to continue to rise. As I was going about my Sunday morning getting ready to teach Sunday school and at the same time mulling things over in my mind, a question came to me; When will you rise above this? I was thinking about how once again, I rise and feel better about things but, how it’s over and over feeling better, going on, but the “matter” remains the same. I change. I get different perspectives. I gain clarity, knowledge and yet, I am still basically dealing with something that is not going to change.
Instead of rising after being spent, after fighting, after battling the same thing, same situation over and over, what if I rise above it? And how will I do that? I don’t know. Give me a minute. The thought just came to me. Think about this for yourself. What sends you? What thing or person constantly and consistently drag you down or cause you to have to rise again? What if you rose above it? Especially, if it’s been years. I imagine there would be a need for the power of rising to increase in order to rise above. I think, I am not sure, but what is coming to me as I type is not just prayer but, meditation. Why? Because meditation teaches us to be still in spite of the noise. It teaches us to return to breath and to see or hear distractions and still be able to tap into inner peace or stillness. Recalling the mantra or intention or simply not being moved by all that we are seeing, hearing, and feeling.
Is meditation the fuel to power that pushes us above? Perhaps there is different fuels. Maybe, letting your voice be heard or setting boundaries and consequences is fuel to rise above. After we rise, we usually walk away or move on or face the battle. But there are some things I am simply tired of knocking me down or into chaos. I know it’s time to rise above it.
~Nikki
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