“In Pausing, In Meeting Myself, There Is a Goodness So Large, All Is Touched”

I was in a therapy session. The fabulous Deepesh Faucheux had just noted that I tend to adopt a Calvinistic stance. Huh? “You assume that you’re flawed. That only through good works, will you be saved. That you cannot rest. You must keep going.”* I gulped, dizzy. Uh-oh. One level of assumptions deeper: unmasked. Then…who am I, now?

In stopping, just in that moment, the momentum of a lifetime came screeching to a halt. At least, that’s what it felt like, prior to stopping. After all, I must keep going, working, striving to be better. Isn’t it obvious?!

In stopping, all the love I’d longed for: right here. Essential Goodness, inherent in this moment. Like sweet honey, warm, dripping, aglow.

*My interpretation/bastardization of what was actually said.

This piece was donated to Gwen Bell’s ‘Best of 2009 Blog Challenge’, and was given by Gwen to the blogger of her choice, based upon the ‘creative quality’ of their posts.

12″ x 8″

Mixed media on sustainably harvested wood panel.

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