Facing the Fire

Last weekend I joined in with a group of friends at a guided glass-blowing experience. The three artisans explained the process, showed us the tools and the ovens (heated to over 2000 degrees), and then, with care and humour and support, they guided us to create our own masterpieces. Within our group there were some who were wary (or just outright frightened!) of the heat and the potential danger. Some were curious and excited about what would happen. Some were ready to dive right in and create. And, for me, I was most concerned about being able to participate due to a temporary physical limitation.

Curiousity and Courage seemed to be the themes of the day. Pushing ourselves past our comfort zones, facing the heat without fear, facing our fear with support and encouragement.

And yielding to those who had the skill, knowledge, experience, Wisdom, and Compassion to guide us through.

There was humour, of course! And cheering, with authentic Love and caring friendship for one another.

This is life, right? I mean, look at it:

Each day we step out our doors and face the heat and potential dangers, excitements, surprises, and risks of the world outside of our beds. We seek Guidance and Support from others. We appreciate encouragement and support from those around us. We hope to find humour and joy in as many moments as possible. We push ourselves past our comfort zones at work, in relationship, with family, in traffic, at the post office, on-line, anywhere we encounter other people (or ourselves) in ways that are not familiar or “easy.”

And we learn new ways of creating, of co-creating, our lives. We discover that we can make something beautiful of something broken. We can take the melted-down mess of our lives and re-shape it into something the glimmers in the light. Something we can be proud of, share with others, and look at with Loving Sweetness and say: I made this.

We can come through the fire and we can shine. Still breakable, yet stronger than before. Resilient, fragile, radiant, delicate….Perfect. In our own way.

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