SHE STOOD, AND SHOOK THE EARTH
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My amazing, multidisciplinary therapist suggested that I explore a practice called Lectio Davina and I started this week. And in just the last 4 days, I’ve already found it to be an incredibly powerful tool that richly deepens my own spiritual practice. (Google it).
As part of my meditation this week, I “randomly” found a scripture that read:
“She stood, and shook the earth.”
And then I just stopped right there. Because I noticed that it didn’t say she ran,
or pushed,
or gave,
or convinced,
or maneuvered,
or strategized,
or exerted any effort at all.
It simply said she STOOD & the earth shook. (Pause. Take a deep breath.)
And that shit blew my fucking mind.
Because it reminded me that, contrary to what I’ve been taught, my being fully planted, firmly anchored, with both feet rooted deeply in the ground IS ENOUGH to make the earth tremble.
That my willingness to simply STAND & know that my standing alone is sufficient–
WITHOUT me having to do or prove or direct or lead or guide or save– is enough to make the ground under my feet shudder.
It’s been a powerful reminder this week that I can just be. Breathe. Here. Now. And this world will quake. And it hit me so hard because it relates directly to something I’ve been teaching myself since this summer: slower = faster. Particularly in my business. Things move when I’m certain, sure, quiet & knowing––not anxious or desperate.
When I look back, I see now that things in my life move by me being unmovable. And maybe, if you stop and think about it, you’ll find that’s true for your life too.
Just wanted to share a reminder that we don’t have to keep “performing” ourselves to death. You don’t have to convince people to buy your products, dine at your table or even, to love you. Your being is enough. There is no race to the finish line, there is no prize for enduring.
There’s only here & now. So just breathe. Anchor your feet into the earth deep into the ground. Be still.
And then watch the earth underneath you SHAKE. ❤️
