I walked home, remembering how a friend recently received a jaywalking ticket and a fine. Instead of my usual look both ways and cross if it seems safe, I touched the safety measures available to everyone. I know I am a habitual offender in the way I often disobey traffic rules when I am walking. I was confident that I did not deserve consideration or protection. In my awareness, the system told me without hesitation to wait until it was safe. I stood, thinking of how Divinity, Mother Earth, and Life accept me without conditions or qualifications.
It is surprising to see how often I am accepted as I am, without conditions or carry-over from my past. I know I was told this was true, yet it took a pedestrian crosswalk to point me back to a writer’s observation. “The good earth doesn’t cheat anyone – even a bad king is honestly served by a field.” (Ecclesiastes 5.9). Ironically, I often catch myself wearing robes of condemnation and criticism. In the quietness under a streetlamp, I found myself standing out in the open, accepted, free, and in control of my destiny.
Guideposts, signs, and signals are all around us. In this case, I needed to ask if it was safe. With a touch, the system kicked into gear. In response to my request, the communication was clear in both words and images. Some intersections in the city have also added sounds. A model and illustration of what Divinity, Life, and my relationships offer me is out on full display. With each moment that passed, I experienced a new level of awareness settling within me, wrapping me with assurance, gifting me with courage to take my place in honouring the opportunity to participate and contribute to the larger story.
Allowing divinity, community, and individuals in our lives to help us is a way of accepting their embrace and goodwill. In filling my heart and soul with the awareness that I am part of the family, I am looking to share it with others along the way today.
