Step off - now, JUMP!

Dear Ones,

Imagine jumping off a cliff. Oh – before you do that, though, put on a special contraption, gear that is designed to cover your body and to give your arms what they need to become wings. There!
Now – imagine jumping off a cliff! You feel yourself drop, drop, drop off the edge of the sheer mountainside. You are 7,000 feet up, and you’ve climbed for a whole day before putting on the special gear and jumping off the edge of the cliff.

At first, it feels as if you are still. Then, you feel that momentary feeling in the pit of your stomach that tells you that you are falling, falling, falling into the embrace – yikes! – of the earth, 7,000 feet below, calling to you with the energy of gravity. A waft of air rushes into your face, and then – then! – then! you are lifted by the wings that are part of you. You drift close to the sheer cliffs. You can begin to look, to notice your surroundings, the almost purple sky above and surrounding you, the slate of the cliffs, the distant trees and green of the fields below. This is it! You are being held – by the air, by the wings, by the rush of energy that is you and is around you. This is it!

Warmly,
meb