"Aren't
we all just fragile eggs hiding behind bubble wrap and bravado?"
~ Manny on
Modern Family
Ever balanced an egg on its
end? On Summer Solstice, when day and night are of equal length, it's possible
to do so, if we're very patient and careful. But we can only attain this
exquisite balance twice a year.
It's a humbling thought. Can
we learn from something better known as breakfast how to create balance in our
hectic lives? Can we become as poised as an egg?
Time for another subtle shift:
from ego to egg, poison to poise. Here in Caffeine Nation, it might be more challenging to
transmute hubris to humus, and take an earth-centered approach to life. The
lightest day of the year is an ideal time to contemplate our dark side. To dive
deep. Roam the loam. We're still in Mercury retrograde, a pristine moment to dwell in the Aretha
Franklin lyric and "re-re-re-re" our lives: respect (literally,
to look again), reimagine, remember, reboot…
Whether we're cognizant of
it or not, we're all renewable energy beings: living on Earth for a time,
becoming cosmic compost, being recycled back into the collective. This
midsummer moment can help us create an eggstraordinary state of renewal and
joy.
In her book, Living
In Gratitude, a 12-month plan for making gratitude the foundation stone of
our daily life, cross-cultural anthropologist, teacher and author Angeles
Arrien says, of June, "We experience equanimity, or a state of balance,
when we are content with the way things are. We are neither striving nor
holding back. There is nothing lacking or in excess. This balance, or sense of
acceptance, is at the heart of equanimity. It opens us to the experience of
gratitude and the sustainable experience of renewal that comes from being in
balance."
So compost the coffee and
let it be grounds for eggceptional openheartedness, and the fulfillment of your
dearest dreams. Step out of the bubble wrap and shine your magnificence on
those who seek the light. When you live with wonder and humility, your ego
transforms into a good egg — and that makes a satisfying meal for anyone, in
every season.
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