We Need Never Walk Alone

Sometimes, the world flows so heavily that we forget how to live, how to breathe, and how to be present. It falls so slowly, yet so quickly, that we don't even realize what is happening. We lose sight of what is most important. We lose perspective, and therein lies the worst of it: this loss of perspective results in the loss of one of God's most important creations- friendship.

We fold ourselves into a space where we cannot move or breathe, so tightly that we might even begin to feel comfortable there. We know that there is more to life than this empty space that we have filled with ourselves, but we can't remember how to find the way out. We crave the light that we used to know, but fear that it is only a memory. In doing so we forget to leave space for the people we love.
We don't stop caring about our friends, but we forget how to give them the room they need to cry, to grow, even to be left alone. We burden ourselves and in doing so we burden others.

I use the term "we" because it seems easier that way. It's kind of a cop out. I'm sorry. When I write "we" I really mean "I".

Much of the time, those burdens are not ours to carry. We forget that there is something larger than ourselves, something bigger that we cannot see, touch, or "feel". I don't believe that He can really have a true name. God. Lord. Abba. Father. Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh. I Am that I Am.  He is there to carry us when we fall, to pick up the pieces when we manage to shatter ourselves all over again. This is an easy lesson to forget, I think. Even when we know of this true, loving and ever-present God, life quickly manages to get in the way.

I am guilty of placing burdens on both myself and others. Burdens that are not ours to carry.

We need never walk alone.