Where the heck are my keys?

Where the heck are my keys?
I’m flying through the land of broken dreams

Because I’m looking for my keys:

The ones who will open me

Free me, See me

and Maybe love me anyways

Drawing closer to someone that has stood out in my perception for about a year now has presented me with a key, leading to moments of complete clarity and honesty begging acceptance. I’ve been faced with some very clear reflections about myself that were unexpected and even quite unpleasant to see, but recognizing them allowed me to release the bad information stored within me. In order to release things within us, we have to experience them or see them clearly and name them

How can we free ourselves from the fears we hide from? By accepting the keys presented to us. Keys are people, things, and experiences that open up the doors within us. They might make us uncomfortable, but it is our future beckoning. Open up and let things touch you. The more I open up and let things touch me, the more amazed I am by myself and those around me.

Be careful as you open the door! We’re like those overstuffed closets that no one wants to clean out. When the door is opened, stuff comes tumbling out into our life for us to deal with. We see things about ourselves that we have to decide to get rid of or put neatly in their places. As those things come tumbling out, the events surrounding us seem chaotic. In moments of transition, sometimes all we can do is stand back and accept the avalanche, and wait for things to calm down before we try to observe and analyze what’s fallen from the closet.

This is what has happened in the last few weeks. We’ve all been presented some hefty keys. You may have found yourself in a move or transition of some sort - with a change of relationship, job, home, or health. These were not your every day slowly developing changes. These were changes that seemed near immediate. Things were there one minute / gone the next, and some of them were things that we felt defined us. We have been through a true chaotic shift, and it feels like the epileptic divine hand of inner evolution has had one hell of a seizure while holding the snow globe we live with in. Anytime we are ready to accept something new about ourselves, we turn a key and our external circumstances shift to reflect that change. If we allow ourselves to fear change or try to reject it and cling to the old, we face more discomfort. However uncomfortable these changes may seem, they lead us somewhere that feels better. Despite the bad taste, they’re just the medicine we need.

See if you can rest and wait for the items to stop tumbling so you can clearly see what you’ve been hiding in the closet. What is your heart is saying to you? The love within begs to be released.. it is far too large for you to hide it the way you do.

Accept the things that fall in your path, but do not fall for the illusion that they can stop or hurt you. Just listen to what they are saying and see how you can release anything keeping you from becoming what your heart calls you to be. What are the keys being presented to you right now? Will you accept them and turn them in the locks within yourself? When you open the closet, I’m sure you’ll realize there aren’t really any monsters in there, only a lot of stuff you’ve been hiding instead of dealing with. Once you face the pile and clean it up, you’ll feel oh so much better.