An Eye on Conflict

I’ve often struggled with direction. I’m aware that can mean many different things, and I think most of them have been true at some point in my life. For starters, sometimes I have a hard time successfully identifying right and left without an embarrassingly conscious effort. I’m great at getting around in my own city, but put me somewhere I don’t know and North, South, East and West will become actual wonders, not helpful guides. The rare exception happened in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, where I once embodied pure navigational genius in a place I’d never been, and I make it a point to remind myself it really happened because it contradicts my expected experience (also, it was really freaking cool). Somewhere deep inside me, it helps me remain aware of what is truly possible, no matter what my ego believes. Defining where we end and something else begins is at the root of our feelings and our conflicts nearly every single time. Even when we know that to be true intellectually, believing it requires us to somehow acknowledge that we are all connected. If this is not obviously apparent to us, believing it will require some intention, or a big dose of universal intervention.

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