Bloom (blessing)

A blessing for a friend who just turned 40 and is moving to a faraway place.

Bloom.
Flourish.
Speak what is in your heart.
Live what is in your dreams.
Love, sweetly.  Ferociously.
Touch the warm earth with your feet
And the heavens with your spirit.
Laugh.
Bloom.

Do you know what I love?

I love going on a bit of a blog stomp, rolling from blog to blog, clicking on links and finding what makes other people tick. I especially love to click on the very first post – the one where the person declares they’re having a go at blogging, and why.  It never fails to serve up a personal insight, mixed in with some kind of statement of hope.  Starting a blog is an act of self-belief, because you have to believe you’ve got something worth something to put it out there.

And we’ve all got something worth something, haven’t we?

I love these first posts because they’re often about intent.  I’m fascinated by intent.  It’s more than a goal or a decision.  It runs so much deeper and is more powerful.  Intent arises at a spiritual level, not an intellectual one, and it has everything to do with our sense of connection with what really matters, inside ourselves and in the dimension in which we function, move and achieve.  Sometimes the intent is barely conscious in a person, other times it is laser sharp and unmistakeable.  The intent may not be articulated by the writer, but its energy is there, buzzing with promise.