A lesson in awareness that will stick with you
Hello everyone,
I have a short story I would like to share about awareness.
I have two small hand made quilts my step grandmother made and presented to my daughters when they were born. One of my daughters will be 15 years old next week and so will her quilt.
I keep these small quilts draped across the back of our futon in our living room. We use them almost everyday. Well, this Sunday morning I was folding one of them and felt a tiny point pricking my finger. Aha! I thought, this must be a straight pin accidentally sewn into the quilt. I got some scissors, snipped a tiny whole, fished the needle out by its pearl top, draped the quilt in its proper place and dropped the straight pin into the trash bin. Just mater of fact like that. No judgment, no story, no drama.
Then I thought—WOW! that’s just like us!! We carry stuff around that hurts us or could hurt us without knowing for years, maybe 15 years, and one day, in an instant, we see it! And that’s that. We drop that needle in the trash bin.
I love when the universe provides such crystal clear illustrations of principles I need operating in my life. Thank you, Ariel, Shya and the Transformation Community for sharing yourselves with me.
- Dimitrea, Brooklyn, NY
