LET GO: Use your Voice, Speak your Truth

Letting go is not about saying good-by.  It is about saying Yes.

Letting go is a metaphor for the Circle of Life…one which Mother Nature showed me again today on my hike, one in which I now invite you to take with me.

 We start by observing how She is letting go, seeing this tree as it expands Herself beyond her possible physical form through the “death.”  Looking forward we see the door that leads to the hill of new possibilities.

Pace ourselves anew as we climb the forest of life, steep and treacherous, sliding and slipping. Stumbling, going left, rising up, climbing through.  Stay left again, while Poked by the thorns of our uncomfortable zones and triggered by the forest carpet of disguise. All around us we see bigger Trees that we must be willing to let go of in order to find our way. Go left only to step onto the deception of a supposedly solid tree that is actually hollow inside. Panting we do not stop as we are once again told to veer left, no not that left, around then left…ever climbing up this hill, knowing the Light is out there somewhere, that there must be some respite that awaits our understanding.  Yes it is close now, we hear.  Once more, stay left then go straight towards that Circle of Trees.

We can no longer see where we started the process of letting go, where we began…we only sense it is behind us.  Then and only then as we are left gasping for air and wondering not only how we got here but why – do we get to the prized spot only when we listen deep within do we know we have arrived.

The wind picks up and starts to speak to us as we listen deep.  The birds chirp in anticipation of what comes next.  As we stand here and wonder about this spot we have been led to, of what it is we are looking for, we hear, “Use your voice, hide it no more, speak it now…let it go.”  And out of our mouth flies, “I LOVE YOU.  Te Amo!  I LOVE YOU!”  We hear the echo within the circle of trees we are standing outside of, reverberating on the air waves of this hill.  The next words that come spilling out of our mouth begging to also let go from deep within, to be given voice by your inner knowing, “Wake up, Wake Up, WAKE UP!!!” ~ like the boy on top of the Polar Express trying to wake up from a dream that is his reality.  

The words are for us, for them, for everyone.  At first the words seem to mean something else…but then as pondered they are in light of our existence on this journey, we find a deeper meaning.  These words remind us that we are first and foremost made for Love.  Yet if we don’t wake up and face our fears – to lean into them just a tid bit – to find our Voice with each other through the midst of indecision …well then, the indecision will become the choice for us, killing “us”…meaning we are not ready for the journey of letting go to find Love together.

Then as if it appears of out no where, we look inside the Circle made by this singular Tree and see a perfect little perch made of Love, for Love.  For one, or for two.  Or for Two to become One.  Only sitting there do we see in our mind’s eye back to the beginning of our hike and know we know what we need to know to let go and begin the hike.  

 You have been led full circle, or maybe not.  How do you really ever know?  This could be the end or just the beginning…or somewhere in between.  All we know is that letting go is not about death, nor loss nor saying good-by…

 Sometimes all we need to know is inside the Circle of our ring made by the singular Tree.  It is always there if only we will learn to sit IN our own throne and take comfort in knowing our purpose IS found in letting go…and in the doing so find our Voice to Speak our Truth.