Beloveds,
I’m about to share some art with you! Coming into my own as an artist is very much a process and an ongoing one at that. I creating the Becoming Divergent project to help with this.
Today I’m sharing a guest post from my Becoming Divergent Newsletter. It’s a place where I share more art, adventures, weirdness, and vulnerability. If those things sound good, please click and join that space as well.
I awake today, my birthday, behind.
Two days worth of work the day before leading to a late bedtime, and because today is my birthday, a lay wake up time.
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Behind?
How am I behind?
Can a flower be behind?
If I am the same is-ness of a flower, how can I be behind.
Lord knows this behind feeling is not from Them.
They say I am enough.
They say I am beautiful.
They say enjoy, delight, rest, be.
How beautiful it is in the being!
How much I miss by racing and being occupied by everything but myself.
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You. Be you. Be you.
How can you be behind at being you, Dear?
The truth is you can't.
Happy Birthday, Dear One!
We made this miracle for you.
We made miraculous you, and you are worth celebrating.
Rest, Dear One, to make space for what is in our hands to give.
"Behind" is nothing to hold. What it points to is vapid.
And you are anything but vapid, Dear!
Don't settle for this fear that people would push on you.
Our love released you from the fear and from that shame.
Open, Dear One, to the beauty of today!
Celebrate and dance with the miracle of Us and Us in you and you in Us.
// Behind No More
May you always see the blessing!
-esb
P.S. - Thanks for being here. I’d love to hear how you’re doing!
P.P.S. - The art and information in these emails is my copyright, unless otherwise indicated/credited.
P.P.P.S. - I’m planning an artist support group (ASG) meeting for July. Date TBD. You can sign-up to join the email list for ASG meetings via the events page by visiting the ESB website.
