The Time is Now It is truly your choice to move toward love From the Editor by Tim Miejan In our culture, January represents a beginning of something new. Like Monday at the beginning of a week, the first month of the year signifies an opportunity to approach things differently. It's a time to complete unfinished business, and it's a time to clear body, mind and spirit of the past and move forward. I look upon this moment as one of the most important in my life. Do you get the sense of that about your life, as well? It is time to step into the shoes we were meant to wear and walk the path we were meant to walk. I know deep inside that I have barely scratched the surface of my soul's purpose. It's like I've been biting small chunks off of a huge chocolate bar. I nibble a bit, seal the wrapper around the chocolate and put it away for a rainy day. As I open it up now, I see a bunch of nibbling but no real bites taken out of it. You, as a reader, may question how that can be, because working as an editor of a publication such as this must indeed be a big piece of a soul's work. But as I write this now, I tell you there is so much more inside that is aching to be revealed. The Rainbow Bridge This past week has been one of the saddest in my life. I had the unfortunate task of assisting one of my two 16-year-old Siamese cats across the Rainbow Bridge. Lady Madonna had endured surgery to remove cancer three months ago and just in the past few days she found it very difficult to breathe. Tests revealed that she did not have much time left with us. I drove her home from the vet knowing that 24 hours later her soul would be free to soar in dimensions we only dream about. Let me tell you, it was hard. My wife and son and I spent that evening with her, determined to show her how much her presence had meant to us. We could not hold her because that made it harder for her to breathe, so we petted her as she slept near us on one of my sweaters. Always willing to share her love to the end, she purred in response to us, and her fierce determination to purr loudly made it even harder for her to catch the next breath. I look on my desk at a photo my wife and son framed for me. It was a photo I took of Madonna when she was a kitten. She had crawled into a pair of my jeans and stuck her head out of them. I didn't even remember taking that photo, yet here it was now sitting in a prominent place in my office, reminding me of one of the friendliest cats I'll ever know. I mention Madonna's passing because it represents a cycle in my life. One cycle ends and another begins. I can clearly see how I have grown during her lifespan, and I also can see the unfulfilled ambition and dreams just waiting to see the light of day. And now, it is my choice. I can easily ignore the significance of this time and never fully embrace those dreams -- and I would carry on, none the worse for wear for having made that choice. Hard to ignore However, it's hard for me to ignore the callings from within. Like echoes in my soul, they resonate through me and remind me that there is more I have come here to create. There is more I can do to contribute to the common good of all. And I wonder, writing this now, if you feel those stirrings within you? Do you, too, sense that you came into your body for some greater, unfulfilled purpose? Do you sense that perhaps who you have been in the world is not an accurate picture of who you truly are? As more of us begin to hear those callings, and respond in ways we never thought possible, we will move closer to the heaven on earth that we all seek. It exists now. Here. We can choose to be there. I believe the inner stirring that leads me there is the same feeling within you. I believe there is a very powerful signal reverberating within each of us, urging us to set aside our selfish concerns and resonate with all that supports love. That, my friend, is not some "pie-in-the-sky" new age piece of wishful thinking. It is as real as the garbage you take out every day. But it requires us to choose it. It's as simple as that. Breathe it and walk it and talk it -- and take it to work with you. Don't set it aside until the time is right. The time is now. Tim Miejan is editor of The EDGE. Contact him at (651) 578-8969 -- toll-free 1 (888) 776-5687 -- or e-mail editor@edgenews.com Copyright © 2002 Tim Miejan |
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