Releasing

I love this image of the stream and the Weeping Willow Tree as it turns green. Weeping Willow's are my favorite trees, because they look so relaxed, and they do not take a lot of tending.

Releasing is a challenge for many people because it goes against out natural instinct. We have been taught that you must fight and scrape to get ahead in life.

Often, we cannot even release ourselves from mistakes and wrongdoing. Then that often makes us more critical and judgemental of others.

I sometimes think that many different institutions perpetuate this thought process. Religion is great at making us feel guilty for our wrongs, but often that guilt only drives us further away from the church and from the divine. I don't believe that was God or Buddha's or whoever you believe in as your Savior's intention to drive people further away. The whole purpose of the divine, at least from my understanding, was to draw people in.

So even if the church we attend does not recognize that releasing guilt is healthy and necessary, we can still attend church in a way that meets our own needs. We do not have to stop attending church. We don't not have to torture ourselves for something we perhaps did as a child.

We did the best we could with the tools that we had. I beleive that this, despite what the news would have us believe, is a loving Universe with endless love and resources for everyone.

It is time we release each other and ourselves of any anger or guilt and allow ourselves to begin to heal. We can become like the willow tree. We will take little pruning, and we will be centered and have an endless supply of water, sun, and resources.

Peace