The Labyrinth

Today I walk the Labyrinth.

Today my mind is racing, full of all the good stuff. The creativity has risen again, after the rest, and there's so much I want to make that I don't know where to begin.

I wouldn't have been able to do this a few months ago. I've seen this installation before but was still too shy have a closer look. Afraid I may have to talk to someone new. Or anyone.

But today I'm playful and curious again.

Thank you.

I walk towards the house that has this in their garden.

Open to anyone who may need it.

Open to anyone.

Open

Once-upon-a-life-ago I dreamed of a family.

With a home that had an open door.

Warm and safe.

And a long table with many chairs for everyone to sit and eat at.

Together.

I find this as I get closer...

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I won't resist this beautiful invitation.

Today I will walk this Labyrinth and allow things to unfold naturally.

I'm curious to see what rises.

I look around for a while because I can't see where it begins.

Oh... it's over there, perhaps.

Could that be the entrance on the other side?

This is where it begins

There's a small statue of an angel at the entrance and I stop to have a closer look.

It's beautiful to see two different perspectives so casually inclusive. I like all of it, you know. I appreciate anything that makes people still their inner selves and remember for a while.

Or reflect.

This is how it should be. I think to myself with a smile.

I have to find my way to the center over there.

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I begin to walk the path slowly, looking down at my feet and following them only.

Step by step.

Following the twists and turns as I find them.

But at one point I stop in confusion.

I've just walk past this place.

I'm unsure why I've doubled back and am back here again.

This doesn't make sense at all.

I should be way over there already.

I'm confused and feel a bit lost.

But I decide not to try and see where I am by looking up and around me.

I keep on walking slowly.

One foot in front of the other.

Following the path.

Trusting I'll find my way.

Trusting the process as it unfolds.

I find something that should seem out of place.

But, to me, this fits just perfectly.

Because it is a part of this experience.

I don't find it disturbing at all.

In fact...

I think it is beautifully symbolic and I hope it is left there.

But I don't think anyone in particular is particularly in charge of all this.

It is all beautiful.

Because it is honest as is.

The dogs that live in the house next to this gift start barking as I hover, taking a closer look.

But I don't look up or change what I am busy doing. The barking doesn't bother me at all. Or frighten me.

I don't feel out of place here.

I don't feel as though I'm imposing on anybody.

A few months back I would have quietly slipped away in embarrassment.

But not anymore.

Everyone is accepted as they are in this place.

Everything is okay and allowed.

Nothing is out of place.

Not even a stranger in a garden in the early morning sunlight.

Not even me.

I feel this strongly enough to stay.

The person who lives in the house shushes the dogs, quietly, and gently closes the front door so that I can continue on my way.

Respectfully.

I'm really touched at the gesture.

And I walk even more carefully to appreciate it in full.

A few more steps forward and I find some life flowering.

I stop to take a photo but my focus is off.

I could say I didn't mean to get that part of the frame in focus.

And I didn't.

But perhaps it's all relevant and I never bothered to put my glasses on to take the photo anyway. I'm not really sure why, except it felt like I didn't need to at that moment.

Because it didn't seem to matter where I was focusing at the time right then.

Everything felt clearer.

So I let go of the outcome and just took the picture.

Trusting it would be okay.

It's all valuable and a part of the experience anyway.

After walking for longer than I thought I would, and getting a bit lost and confused more than a few times...

I find the center.

And I thought this would be simple.

I sit in the center and meditate for a while.

I feel as though I'm a part of it all again
for the first time in a very long time.

I don't feel like walking the path back again.

All this circling back.

All these twists and turns.

All these spirals.

But I know that if I just keep putting one foot in front of the other...

I know if I just keep moving forward...

I will find my way.

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Eternal Seeker
Hardened Dreamer
Mother
Peaceful Warrior
Determined Dancer
and Stargazer

still...

Beyond fear is freedom

And there is nothing to be afraid of.

_{To Life, with Love... and always for Truth!
Nicky Dee}

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_{All images my own for this one. All photo editing done with GIMP.}