What I know about shadows is contained in three things:
Peter Pan, the song “Me & My Shadow,” and those wondrously weird shaped
things that precede Gracie and me on our walks.
But there is another that I sometimes worry about. The
shadow my memory casts. There is no promise of Neverland, no catchy tune, nor
anything wondrous in this shadow.
Memory shadows sting and tie me to something from which I am
certain I canNOT escape.
They break my heart.
They shame me.
They make me
BElieve I am utterly unworthy of Hope or Love.
So this prompting to NOT worry about my shadow is something
of a gift.
A pass.
A Get-Out-of-Jail free card.
Don’t worry about the mistakes and the slights and the hurts
BEcause to DO so ties you [and me] to a time we canNOT change or un-DO.
Don’t worry what someone else’s memory of you [or me] and
that incident or episode is BEcause it’s nothing more than a shadow YOU [or I]
are casting on the Light of Right Now.
Unlike Peter Pan, our shadows aren’t sewn on us.
We only see
them when the Light hits us just so. T
hey canNOT BE removed or pinned back.
In fact, our shadows are much more like the one the song is
about…
I love you, Currie
2 comments:
I found a lot of what bothered me about the past was that things weren't the way I wanted them to be (as if we can control everything), life being unfair (whoever said it was fair), and worrying about what other people think (no control over that ever). Gradually surrendering my wish for total control--freeing! Accepting that without darkness in life we'd never truly recognize the light--uplifting! :)
BEautiful and healing art and wise words of self-love. Thank you for sharing.
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