Meditations on Groundless Living

I've carried with me the desire to make a very particular earring these last few weeks.

My heart has been very tender.

We like to fool ourselves into thinking that if we just keep our plates filled and make plans for next November

each moment will unfold as we've accounted for.

What we forget is that this framework through which we create a safety net doesn't really exist

in fact

the only thing that exists at all is this present moment

which happens over and over and over again

fresh and new

fresh and new and sometimes scary

sometimes blissful

always beyond our plans, beyond our control

.

We are groundless, with the next moment unfolding constantly

like a flower ever blooming

in and out of death

company and loneliness

ease and disease

.

Sometimes this feels very comforting

or adventurous,

breath thrumming through your body and the boom of our hearts

and sometimes this is very overwhelming

because we want a guarantee

so that we can avoid pain

.

These are the things I've been mulling around as I've created and refined this little series

uncomfortable

necessary

and completely human

.

xoxo,

Sunny