The Great Divide

From Wikipedia:

Continental Divide or Great Divide is the name given to the North American portion of the mountainous ridge which separates the watersheds that drain into the Pacific Ocean from those river systems which drain into the Atlantic Ocean…

I spent one of the most remarkable weekends of my life in Breckenridge, Colorado early this summer. I was there for a three-day school offered by the Crimson Circle, held at The Great Divide Lodge. In many ways this experience created a bridge in my life from where I have been to where I am going. I have crossed the line, now, and the waters that once flowed west will from here on flow east or vice versa… It doesn’t matter so much the direction, just that the flow has reversed and with it so many old patterns, beliefs and programs I have assumed were true, right and good about me are up for review.

The big question I came away from the school with is one I have asked myself for as long as I can remember. “Who am I?” Today I know I am not who I thought I was. I’m not who I was told I was nor am I who I was expected to be by well-meaning parents or impatient teachers. Today I see myself differently, more clearly and through a wider lens. Today I am throwing off all the old uniforms, costumes, disguises and concepts I once clung to and breathing a sigh of relief.

I can breathe freely now, put on comfortable clothes in colors I love and dance around my house. I can burst into spontaneous song without a second thought about what anyone else thinks and eat only the foods I like. I can run through my neighborhood on weekend mornings with my iPod and rejoice in the natural beauty around me and energetic miracles that occur within me as my body responds to my spirit’s delight in the pleasure of being fully alive.

I am just beginning to discover Who I Really Am. As they used to say in the TV commercial jingle from many years ago, “Try it, you’ll like it.”

~ by Jodi on July 29, 2007.