THE WOUND IS THE DOOR

Brokenness is a holy doorway, yet we see it as the greatest curse. To enter the doorway means surrender and humility, and an ever-deepening journey into unconditional acceptance. In many ways, this brokenness is the ultimate doorway on the path, for when we are somehow able to let go of it, who are we? Who are we when we are not a problem to ourselves?

It’s not as if anything changes when we let go. The wounds are still there, the past is still there. So what has changed? Our way of defining our wounds, our perception of them, our relationship to them, has changed. They stop being the problem that prevents us from living fully; they stop being the brake on our lives. Somehow, those same wounds become accepted and loved. At some point, they even become our gifts, for they show us our true face—the face of humility and grace, the face of compassion and love.

And all because we decided, again and again, to turn and face the wounds and hurts and welcome them back into our loving embrace. Friend, welcome the wound, the wound is the door to grace.

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The waves crash
The thunder roars
I sit here in silence.

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The way of grace
Calls many
But few can surrender
The rigid self
And live in a kind of limbo
Wanting freedom
Yet unwilling to yield.

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Seek only to see
What stands in the way
Of being fully here
In the deepest acceptance
Of the way you are
And the way it is.

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Let your heart and soul
Blaze like the sun
In a dark sky
Unashamed and true.

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It’s a soul’s journey
Through incarnation
A spirit’s experience of form
The Nameless takes shape
Becomes a name and a body
And sheds it
Be honored it is you
Who has been blessed
To be God for a time.

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And while the film played itself out endlessly
Those searching for the truth of their being
Left the theater
And walked into the fresh evening air
Gazed up at the stars
And entered the unknown.

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See your existence
As unconditional love
Would see it
And carry that seeing
Into every moment.

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We are like flowers
That long to open
Into the Sun
But have been trained
To stay in the shadows.

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Be a unifier
Not a divider
Both within yourself
And in your relationship
With others.

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Find a way
Of returning
To the garden

Remember
Your innate innocence

Know the awareness
That sees your life
As you move around

Realize the unconditional love
That surrounds and holds you
Even in the midst
Of all that disturbs you.

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