Connections

        Connections are all around us. A gate connects to a post, a string connects to a shoe, a leash connects to a collar, fingers to a keyboard, and ears to a phone. There are so many connections in the physical world that it becomes unending. We connect with the earth as we walk or as we work in the garden or hike in the woods or climb the mountains. We connect with nature in thousands of ways. We can connect physically or we can connect emotionally. We can connect when a bird of beauty flies overhead with admiration and a sense of wonder. We connect with a baby without words.

        Life is made up of connections. We connect in some ways with each other. We either deliberately connect and also disconnect or we connect unconsciously. We have experienced little bits of connections when something makes us turn to look at another. We connect with our famlies and our friends, again in both small ways and big ways. Some 'connects' are short lived and others extend indefinitely. If we spend a few moments thinking of connections, we can expand the possibilities through the physical, emotional and mental. We have spoken before of mental connections. The mind that can travel, the mind that can be aware can connect in many ways unknown to most. It takes a strong mind, one willing to accept that which it encounters, to be open to non-judgement, and to learn with courage.

        What kind of connections do you make? What are the ones that are the most lasting, the strongest? On the other hand, what are the ones most fleeting and the weakest? What connection is most important to you? What do you do to protect that connection, to make it grow stronger? And, in thinking of these connections, what are you extending and on the other end, receiving? Connections can be like a chain, a link, a conscious encouraging action. Think about what it takes to have a good connection.

        Connections, of course, can begin and can end. We connect at birth and disconnect at death, at least to a degree. How we disconnect can be a different subject to look at and observe. It can be a way of looking at an aspect of ourselves.

        Build your connections carefully for they can be uplifting or a weight. Build your connection with your Self as carefully as you would build a foundation and a structure. Create a connection with your Creator.