Who are you when you strip away all that you think you are?
I recently read a book given to me by a good friend titled "Who You Are" by Jeffrey Kloss. The first thing I did was the read the back cover. Not much there. Well, let's take a look at the "About the Author" section. No "About the Author" section? That's odd. The book was calling me just to read it and in doing so, gave me a glimpse of my soul where I found deep rest.
This experience is in stark contrast to the expert marketing approach I have been learning and trying to live by. I do have an "About the Author" section in my book. Every day I feel like I am not "doing" enough to get my message "out there"; to show my audience that I know what I am talking about, to get them to see me as having answers.
But the world around me is crying out for a brother not a savior. We are in this together. We are witnessing the profound struggles of brave men and women attempting to avert an even greater catastrophe in Japan, in Lybia, in Syria, Yemen- the list goes on and on. Can we look suffering straight in the eye and keep our hearts open to each other? Can I see life with all its uncertainties as the gift that it is? Or am I doomed to get caught up on how many comments are left on my blog, likes on Facebook, reviews on Amazon? I AM so much more than that and so are you. I AM part of all of it- Life, the gift. Not by what I do but because of who I am. I am made worthy to find certainty in the midst of uncertainty, to find peace in the presence of fear and judgment.
As I am writing these words, my seven year old daughter just showed me a note she wrote to her soul.
It reads:
"I got you a gift
when you take it
I do not want to see you
I do not want to hear you
P.S. Have a good night."
To: Sol
From: Sofia
"We started by asking what is wrong with the world and we ended up discovering what is right with it."- From Tom Shadyac, director of a new documentary- I AM.
http://iamthedoc.com/
