Meditation 50: What Happens When We Forget

It has happened again. 

All of the habits you have been building, the map to your center you have been learning to read, the balance with which you have been learning to hold your life— you’ve dropped them. They vanished somewhere in the hustle and bustle. This daily meeting with the Spirit you meant to keep, you forgot. 

It’s okay. 

Just because you dropped something does not mean it was not important to you. We get caught up in things we didn’t see coming all the time. There is no reason to burden yourself with blame. 

The world did not fall apart just because you forgot. The Spirit did not cease to do Her work while you were gone. You just fell apart for a little bit. This is to be expected. It happens all the time. 

The Spirit is simply delighted now that you have margin enough to remember. The Spirit has so many beautiful things to show you that She collected while you were away. Her pockets are full of small, curious treasures for you to consider. Some will speak to you now. Some may come in handy later. All will be exactly what you need.  

There is no need for us to swear that we will never forget to meet with the Spirit again because the odds are that we will. It is truly okay. Our forgetfulness is not something we need to be anxious about. It is just how we are. We are forgetful, yes, but we also remember. This is part of who we are, too, and the Spirit will draw us near to Her again. 

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