Walls of Love

The warmth of the summer is intensifying.  The temperatures will go up this week and the trend was felt starting last night.  This morning it is 66 degrees fahrenheit. Today is Monday.

Last night a wall of love was created for a young soul who will face a very big surgery this week.  At 12, he is facing a procedure that will open his head and explore the space inside the skull.  Seizures have gotten worse with time and doctors believe there may be a way to resolve, but it requires this dramatic intervention.  He and his mom have found the courage to face this.

The Wall of Love for this child and his mother was created by a  group of friends who have known the situation for a long time, and some who have just recently met the boy and his mom.  They all feel love and caring for the two.  The energy that was brought to the space was powerful.  It began with chanting and words of affirmation to ask for protection, wisdom, guidance from ancestors.  The circle was built of love for these two souls, to bless and protect.  The sharing of music, chants, poetry, imagery, and offerings essentially served to manifest love.  

None of us know why the body does or doesn't do the things it is supposed to do to give way to a functioning, uninterrupted way to live in the world.  Causes of conditions may be known, but asking, "Why?"  or "Why me?" are questions that really cannot be answered.  And even if there was an answer, it wouldn't matter much.  We ask so many questions - some very interesting questions - throughout our lives.  But often it doesn't much matter what the answer is when it comes to serious health issues.  In fact, a thorough answer to "Why?" in such situations might make things worse because all kinds of choices and situations might bring one to a series of regrets!  

An old teacher once said that people ask all kinds of useless questions in today's world, and most are useless because the problem is right there and needs an answer, not more questions that can lead to more confusion as the problem worsens.  

In some situations, there is just the condition.  Sometimes, dire a condition.  There is no "why",  there is only "how?".  The question of "Why?" is too late.  The answer to "How?" is what must be found.

How will one face that condition?  How will one decide on affirming their essence in choosing what to do - ignore, interrupt, or interact with life?  How will the condition open new opportunities to meet change within, and in the world?

The answer to these questions is in reach.  In getting to the answers, discipline and ability to raise courage, engage with discipline, and know love is essential.  In the meantime, as life unfolds - each one has the ability to build a wall of love that encircles the one who used to ask,"Why?" and now is seeking and asking, "How?"  

In the answer to "How?", one begins unwrapping the fear, the doubt, the delusions that have layered over the essence:  Love.