DEAR FRIENDS,
Wishing you all a very happy New Year. My sweet goldendoodle Willy has been my source of inspiration for this year ahead. Every morning when I first arise, without fail, Willy dances around my feet wanting to have his moment with me. I have a routine after I get up that takes about 10 minutes or so and he anxiously waits for his time with me. The second I turn towards him, he grabs his chance and jumps up so that his paws are resting on my shoulders, and we are eye to eye. He wants my attention, and he gets it. But it is not just my attention he is craving, it’s my connection. If I haphazardly pet him and talk to the other furry family members or distractedly look around, it doesn’t satisfy him. He will get down and then continue his dance around my feet and leap up trying once again to be my focal point.
Most of the time, I am aware of what he is desiring. He wants my full attention, staring in his eyes, with nothing between us but sheer connection and love finishing with our foreheads touching in a moment of true intimacy. When I give him this connection, he is satisfied, and we go onward with our day. I feel so blessed to have such a beautiful reminder of what is important in life. I am blessed to have a being in my life to remind me to start my day with connection, awareness, centeredness, and joy. For those minutes he and I are connecting, there is nothing more important or desirable.
In reflecting on the year ahead and what I am yearning for in my life, it continues to be these moments of true connection with other beings. I am not a person that needs a lot of time with any person. However, I yearn for whatever time I have with anyone, to be moments of true connectedness. It is in those moments of connection that we experience the true meaning of a greater loving source energy, God, or whatever you wish to call this source. Willy is a mirror of this for me, and he brings me into a deeper state of being, where my own ego diminishes, and my soul is in a cosmic dance of oneness with another being.
I have the ability to connect with others, no matter what the scenario is that is unfolding. I have had many wonderful, precious moments with cashiers and baggers at the grocery stores. I have those moments when I look out the window at the dozens of birds in the feeders. They may look like they are anxiously looking around as they dip into their sustenance, but I feel their soul deeply and we are both happy for the connection. This morning there was a mom and young deer outside my window, drinking from my birdbath. They both turned to me and caught my eye for a moment and in that moment was pure connection and gratitude from both of our beings.
We are all in this universal dance of connectedness whether we are aware of it or not. You may have a lover, a child a beloved pet that allows you to be aware of this divine relationship. But how often do you take the time to give that being or person your full attention, that communicates nothing is more important than that person or being in your life at that moment. Children cry out for this connection all the time. Our lovers and friends also crave this but often do not know how to ask for it, so this desire comes out sideways such as a child acting out or a friend or spouse pushing our buttons.
Here is a beautiful thing about connection: it only takes a moment. You can pass a stranger on the street and look into their eyes and feel it. You can bend down to pet a puppy and see that puppy looking up at you with no filters, their eyes capturing your soul in an instant. A baby can grab your finger and gaze into your eyes with the openness of an angel.
And here is another thought. You can also have that moment of divine connection with yourself. You could look in the mirror and gaze at yourself and feel heaven open and the purity of source envelope your whole being. Or you can peer inward and use your soul eyes to provide this same interrelatedness.
Many people go out into the world looking for a lover, or best friend or group seeking this connection. Unfortunately, because so many people do not know how to connect with another being or oneself fully, then they start wanting this from others in the form of expectations and demands which are often not the true relatedness they are seeking.
When you have a true connection with another soul or within yourself, you feel full and at peace. You do not need that person to do anything for you or to be anything for you more than this. You don’t need to have that being around you all the time because when they are around, that relationship is deeply satisfying and full of grace.
I find it so powerful that dog is God spelled backwards. Dogs are a mirror reflection of God in that they know how to BE with another being fully and completely with no barriers or judgement. Willy is a beautiful reminder of God and love in my life, and he makes sure I start my day knowing this. He is not just being a dog trying to get attention, he is connecting on a deep, powerful and soulful level that when I share this with him, we both feel at peace and satisfied. I am so grateful for this reminder every day to start my day with connection, and joy.
Wishing all of you many moments of true connection with other beings that fills your soul allowing you to enjoy this beautiful cosmic dance of oneness.
Namaste,
Rosemary