I woke dreaming of financial models, go to market options, and risks. Each scenario with an underlying set of premises – good, bad, and combinations. As I wrestle with the memories of this recurring dream of the last three to four weeks, I am reminded of scenario premises playing out in my life.
My life is filled with familiar threads. There is the touch and influence of family and friends who are physically close by as well as those who touch your heart from twelve time zones away. There are allies and challengers to my aspirations and visions, each with a unique signature which keeps them front and center in my thinking.
I have areas where I am confident while still struggling to keep them in their rightful place against my fears, uncertainties, and doubts. It is a familiar combination in anyone’s life, but it comes with a unique signature in mine.
If I could share any aspect of my life with everyone around me, it would be the assurance and confidence of the engagement of a Supreme being in my life. While it is not always easy, I wake each more reflecting and reaching. Reflecting on the way Life is teaching me and my response to the lessons at hand. Reaching for my dreams by making fresh decisions to love, embrace the people and relationships in my life. Reaching in and through the moment I have now to live out love, kindness, and compassion in every action.
I know there is someone great in my life. At times, I use Christian words to describe this being. On other occasions, Islam’s and Buddha’s words are the most accurate. Sometimes, only the words of mystics fit. I see Divinity touching my life in every scenario. In pain and joy, despair and celebration, certainty or in the dark night of the soul, the touch is with love, lifting me up, and helping me see and do what I otherwise could not. I cannot imagine “if God hadn’t been for us – [so] all together now, Israel, sing out!” (Psalm 124.1)
