pilgrimage as blessingway… traveling the path of heart today…
in communion with family… courageously dancing mystery…
May I Be a Guard
May I be a guard for those who need protection
A guide for those on the path
A boat, a raft, a bridge for those who wish to cross the flood
May I be a lamp in the darkness
A resting place for the weary
A healing medicine for all who are sick
A vase of plenty, a tree of miracles
And for the boundless multitudes of living beings
May I bring sustenance and awakening
Enduring like the earth and sky
Until all beings are freed from sorrow
And all are awakened.
~Prayed every morning by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
So many blessings are coloring today’s walk as a Red Letter Day… Exactly two years ago, i had an appointment with a surgeon to discuss what course of treatment to pursue for throat cancer lesions. To my amazement and his, they had disappeared! Unable to grasp this turn, i kept asking if he was sure and he kept looking but there was no trace – it’s a miracle and one i celebrate daily.
This part of the pilgrimage of blessings, this blessingway began some eight years ago when i was diagnosed with advanced metastatic cancer. This trail has meandered through many twists and turns and brought into sharper focus what really matters, i had known for quite some time that love is it, the distraction of not acting from that reality in every moment was obliterated forever, hence, the blessing.
Two years and four months ago, i began occupying the abundance of infinite love and gratitude. Four months later, i had been successfully treated for melanoma and throat cancer had disappeared along with a few other daunting diagnoses.
Today, i dwell in the abundance of infinite love and gratitude in every moment so grateful for for being entrusted with the gift of this sacred wound and the breaking of my heart wide open to care for it, to tend it, to love it unconditionally.
Thank you, thank you, thank you…