I am but a single drop of rain, falling down from the heavens, in search of a body of water to become one with, to belong to, to learn from. I am but a simple spirit in awe of the world around me as I float once again down to this great earth’s painted landscape below. I am as always stunned by her beauty and the contradiction that makes up her very soul. She is both powerful and weak, made of water and stone and petal and leaf. She is violent in her fury and yet so soothing after its’ peak. She protects what she must to keep us all safe and forgives all that is; no matter how much of her resources it takes. It is my hope in life to be this great, this kind, this forgiving. Not just to be one drop of water by itself but to become an integral part of the whole that brings about a greater change. I aspire to be the one that completes what already is instead of trying to defeat what already was. I am a dreamer from a far off place that has been touched by the sun, transformed to a different body and brought back by the very same cycle from where I once began before. I once thought that I was something so small and insignificant that I could not possibly change what is, but I have been to the heavens and back and am all the wiser for it. I have discovered the secrets of beyond and understand the way of this magnificent gift called life. I once was unto myself and wanted to be apart from the rest of this world, to be on my own and accomplish my triumphs without any of my fellow travelers to lay claim to my glory. What I have realized from my past journeys is that it is not about the trail that you burn up and consume on your way to the stars, but about the hands that you hold and the hearts and minds that you touch along the way that matter the most. It is how you live this life and the paths you take to get there as opposed to how far you actually go. It is remembering that we are together for a reason and that to overlook what is so simply before us is to completely miss the lessons and life that we were set here to experience in the first place. Hold not to the pain and suffering but to the love and joy that you have the ability to give. Remember that any one of us can choose to strike back at those that have left us ravaged and broken in their wakes, but that it takes a scarred heart filled with an amazing grace to forgive and love those that have yet to figure this out. Choose not to avoid those before you but to leave this life having truly touched everyone you meet. Be known for the gentleness of your voice, the kindness of your eyes and the way that you freely give of yourself. Let the powers of your heart guide you and heal you along your way, and teach this way of being to as many as you can…
Melanie
