Beyond

The day is warming.  The morning temperature has risen beyond the 40's and into the mid-50's, fahrenheit.  And the expression of what is next is heat into the 80's and 90's in parts of the southland.  The sky is entirely clear blue - no trace of clouds this day.  Today is Friday.

Everything is moving beyond imagination.  Both good and not so good.  The things that are happening for individuals, communities, nations seem to fit right into the analysis of the "polycrisis" that surfaced as a "thing" in recent years in mainstream media.  The coming together of many lapses, in the environment, the world body politic, the wealth inequality, climate change and more.   We are in it.  It's not happening one day in the future.  We can feel it, everyday.  Conditions, both human made and in nature are beyond imagination.

And then, there is the fact of so many people moving into other spaces that take the conditions we face and move toward hope, toward healing, toward helping to bring back balance.  This can be seen in the spaces where small gestures of caring make huge impact on bringing about relief - physical, emotional, spiritual.  The fact of the persistence in giving while so many are taking - is a place of sanity.  The in between space between giving/taking is the place where "life" manifests.  That is the true place where energy can be encountered and generated.  The transfer that happens in the in-between is the sweet spot.  Like living/dying.  The in-between space is life.

However one decides to occupy the in-between space is where individuality can be expressed.  One can decide to focus entirely on biological relationships, known as "family".  One can decide to create what is a growing common form, known as the "chosen family".  One can decide to be entirely self-contained - individuality throughout the space called a lifetime.  All of it is here, in the midst of the change that everyone is navigating.  

It has been a challenge to figure out exactly what to write recently.  Then, one day an inspiration comes along that asks, "What are the wings of dreams?"  And then, something happens that is beyond the day's plan, beyond the concept of any project or obligation.  It is beyond an intent.  It is just an exchange that creates an inspiration, that in turn creates a movement, that in turn creates a desire to connect beyond space, and over time.  

That is what wings can do.  They can carry one to places and spaces that are simply not available in the act of giving and taking.  Our wings give the in-between spaces imagination and energy - wings can take us beyond.  We all are born with them. And in these times, navigating to sanity requires wings be brought into service.