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Today's
Meditation:
I really
like the tapestry metaphor, the idea that all of us are a
unique piece of thread that contributes to the overall
quality of the greater picture. I may be just a blue
thread in the river, but without those blue threads, the
entire picture is lacking. And I don't have to feel
the pressure of being the driving force behind the entire
picture-- I just need to take care of who I am and what I'm
doing, and my contribution will be just as important as
anyone else's.
This
metaphor shows us quite well that all of our lives are
interrelated, that none of us is in this alone.
There are other people contributing to life, and
contributing to our lives, and when we're all working
together towards common goals, then the tapestry is
beautiful, a wonderful thing to behold. But when we
say "We don't want any green threads here!,"
we're making sure that the picture is missing a shade
that's extremely important, and we're preventing our image
from having any trees or bushes in it at all (unless it's
an autumn picture, of course!).
We
can apply the metaphor to our individual lives, also, by
realizing that the tapestry we create is comprised of our
relationships, the work that we do, the things that we
create, the adventures and vacations that we take, the
people we help, the books that we read, the music we
listen to and the museums
that we visit. And if we ponder this concept for a
few moments, we realize that nothing that we do is
worthless or a waste of time, just as none of the threads
in a tapestry is unnecessary-- the world would be less
without our presence; our own lives would be less without
that mistake we made or that book we read.
We
are always creating ourselves and our lives, and the
tapestry of our life will be a finished product that we'll
never actually see, but that we can imagine very
well. When we keep in mind that all that we do
matters, we can start to take each thing that we do more
seriously and we can start to put more into it-- and enjoy
it more fully.
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