We’re all just walking each other home.
~–Ram Dass–~
It’s true. We’re all just walking each other home.
We’re here only a short while. And our time here has to be about more than just ourselves. Time is too short. Too precious. We can only do so much in this lifetime and what we are able to do has to count. So this beautiful thing that we call life has to be made up of things that really matter. People matter. Peoples’ struggles matter.
Think about it. Just for a second, think about it. What if our journey in life is all about learning to give and receive love?
I have to believe that we are called to be more than strangers to each other. I believe that we are here to help others along their journey, and they, in turn, are here to help us along our journey. I know you’ve heard the saying,
“People may walk your path with you,
but no one can walk it for you.”
That’s true too. It’s the “people may walk your path with you” part that I’m talking about. I believe we play a part in others’ journeys just as they play a role in ours. I believe we are here to help each other find our way back to our heart, to live the life we are destined to live.
We have a lot of travel companions on our journey home—family members, spouses, partners, friends, professional colleagues—even enemies. Some travel with us on our journey home for a lifetime. Others walk with us for short periods of time before our journeys diverge again. Some we may never see again.
Sometimes, a painful relationship is seen as a road-block or a detour on your journey. But, I’ve learned there are no detours on our journey. Each relationship—even the most painful—is a part of our path, a road we must travel down to learn how to give and receive love. These relationships help us find out who we want to be and who we don’t want to be. In other words, they help us find our way back to us, to our heart, to our authentic self. The most painful relationships wind up being the parts of the journey that teach us the most and make us stronger to continue along the journey.
There may be a time when you fight the end of someone’s part in your journey. You may not want the relationship to end or to be put on hold…you may feel that you can’t make it without them…that you can’t be alone. Don’t fight it. Their part in walking you home has ended…for now. Your journey isn’t ending…just their part in your journey is ending. That’s okay. Let it happen. Your path make cross their path again. And it might not. Your path will cross with whomever is needed to help walk you home at that time.
I have a lot of people to thank. Some of them will read this blog. Others won’t. But I want all of them to know that I thank them for walking me home. Thank you for helping me find my way back to my heart, back to my authentic self.
And I want to thank you too. Thank you for walking me home.
Charity & The Horse Mafia.
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