Looking for Inspiration

Sometimes we need inspiration. Each of us has our go-to place: music, poetry, scripture, sayings. Today, I wanted a focus, a surprise—but I didn’t know exactly what I was looking for.

So, I used my book, Sides: Conversations with Dad, as a spiritual oracle—very much like Affirmations, Tarot, I Ching, or Runes.  As in preparation for any sacred act, I quieted myself, took a long slow breath and opened my book.

Trusting that whatever conversation appeared would most assuredly have a lesson or kernel of truth needed in this particular moment, I was not disappointed. Here’s a paraphrase of the gem that was bestowed upon me:

“Remember what you look like through Spirit’s Eyes. If you forget what you look like in Spirit’s Eyes, it’s very difficult to see Spirit in everyone else.”

In the conversation, Dad was reminding me that I hadn’t taken enough alone time to just be. When we don’t unplug from the world—take quiet time, or play time, or contemplative time—we forget that we are always nourished by something bigger than our linear experience.

When we forget this, we allow our physical demands to define who we are and what we need.

Our perspective becomes small and our breath becomes shallow. Breath is Spirit. It’s the first thing we do coming into this world—the last thing we do before we leave. It supports every waking and sleeping moment of our existence on Planet Earth. So breathe and remember who you are and what you look like in Spirit’s Eyes.