MEDITATIONS ON A LITTLE RED FLOWER
by
Judith Sherven, Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D.
© 2005
The other day we took a walk out to a
nearby field. Behind several tall pines, hidden away from open view,
a single, small flower spread its blossoms toward the sun. It was a
deep red, vivid-very strong and straight on its thin stem.
"Proud," Jim said.
"Proud and powerful," Judith answered.
We both knelt next to it, captivated, surrendering to an unexpected
meditation.
So unseen this little red miracle was, so out of the way, and that
didn't matter at all. Appreciated or not, it gave all it had to its
life.
"Can we give everything," Jim whispered, "even if what we do goes
unacknowledged?"
"Especially if it goes unacknowledged!" Judith smiled.
"I'd like that," Jim said, taking Judith by the hand. "To live for
the sheer experience of being alive."
We felt small next to this giant flower and, although we hadn't said
a word, we knew we were suddenly filled with deep longing.
Intimacy is like that, you know. When we allow ourselves to open and
connect, intimacy can be an unexpected teacher, taking us into
unacknowledged places in our self.
Whenever any of us stops long enough to open, to feel the tenderness
that is at the core of being alive, the magic of the mystery
appears-right there, wherever we are.
That little red flower became a portal, a threshold into the world
of the ordinary and the sacred, into something completely expected
and yet utterly surprising. That's the pleasure and the reward of
real intimacy. It takes you through what you already know out beyond
your imagination.
We stayed with that flower for some minutes, each in our own
silence. And then, as though on cue, we rose, and walked hand in
hand back to the house.
There are opportunities all around you, right now, in your daily
life, for intimacy to carry you into yourself and out toward those
you love.
Let it. Just say yes, open your eyes and let it.
Husband and wife Judith Sherven,
Ph.D. and James Sniechowski, Ph.D. are the best-selling authors of
Be Loved for Who You Really Are,
The New Intimacy, and Opening to Love 365 Days a Year. They
teach a variety of relationship workshops and teleseminars as well
as consult to businesses. Visit their website at
www.themagicofdifferences.com
Contact them at
jimjude@direcway.com.
For more information please go to:
http://www.thenewintimacy.com
