01
Being cold is what I do best,
and being hot is what my wife does best,
since it easier for me to carry a blanket
around with me
than it is for her to carry an air conditioner
around with her,
I have found the best 100% wool blanket
ever designed and manufactured.
I have my own Bankie!
And am so at home with it!
When I go out,
it is right where I left it
when I get back.
I'm sure it doesn't miss me,
but I am always so glad to see it,
I enjoy our reunions
throughout the day.
Little lifts like that are so much fun
it makes being cold-natured
thoroughly worthwhile!
And, makes arguing over what the temp
should be such an unnecessary experience.
Why fight about things
that are hiding unknown delights?
02
We can trust ourselves
to see what's what
and to know what is called for.
To know what is appropriate
in the situation at hand.
To know how to ask for what we need.
So, what's the problem?
Is there a problem?
Or, is everything fine just as things are?
Or, "except for what" is everything just fine?
Do a body scan with the question
"Is everything fine?"
"Except for what is everything fine?"
And see how your body responds.
Gene Gendlin's book Focusing
is a good resource here.
Our body knows!
Our place is to know what our body knows,
and to let our body guide us to what it knows.
Our body responds to questions we ask.
Maybe with a "felt sense" somewhere in our body,
or with a word or phrase that "pops" into our consciousness.
We are capable of engaging in telepathy with our body.
(And with any aspect of the natural world.
For instance, ask a tree if it is permissible to touch it,
and see what you realize the tree is "saying."
Talk to a rock and see how the rock talks back.
"The hills are alive with the sound of music," you know.
And with a wide variety of things to say!
Give them a chance to talk, and be amazed!).
03
We are safe.
We are fine.
Just as we are.
Where does all the fear come from?
Seriously.
Where does the fear come from?
Ask it.
Sit with the fear
and have a conversation.
What does the fear say
that did not come from some other source?
Your parents, perhaps.
Or your preacher.
The church, every church, all churches
is/are fear-based from the start.
If you do this or don't do that
there is Hell to pay.
Where does your fear come from?
Is it the fear of not measuring up?
The fear of not belonging?
The fear of not being good enough?
The fear of not being enough?
The fear of not knowing?
Where does it originate?
When you listen closely,
whose voice does the fear have?
Throw it in the fire and walk away.
You have all you need.
To find what you need.
To do what needs to be done.
We all do.
We are safe.
We are fine.
Just as we are.
Where does all the fear come from?
04
From Twitter to Here 
“We have all we need, to do what needs to be done”…in the face of uncertainty, this conviction is difficult to find- and that is where the fear hides. Uncertainty is a fact of life, as nothing ever is secure and certain for ever. Fear comes riding that, as our vulnerabilities are feeble in the face of whatever could/might happen. But yes, sitting with fear and really looking at it with our whole attention to get to the bottom is likely to bring clarity and conviction that ‘we are enough’ no matter what comes our way!
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