Becoming the Sky

I wear words

do you?

Actually most of my jewelry

has words on them!

(because fortunately

my best friend, Janet,

is a word loving silver smith)

Years ago

she gave me a shiny square

that says "Be the Sky!"

in big chunky letters on a necklace.

and I wear it always

and am often asked,

curiously...

what does that mean.

Sometimes explaining

sometimes I don't...

depends on whose asking.

Long time ago

while trying to salvage

a broken relationship

a wise friend fond

of metaphors told me this

short story...

One day the student asked

the spiritual master

"how do I capture that beautiful bird,

without hurting it?"

the master replied

"You must become ...the sky!"

Having had many opportunities

and challenges to reach

for that philosophy

having caught "that bird

and others along the way"

at times successful,

in the lofty goal of 'being the sky'

at others times making mistakes.

(many baby steps forward and backwards)

While this philosophy continues to take

on layers

and has become less about

romantic relationships,

and more about life!

Profoundly for me

it has become a representation of all

that I seek

in my walk on the planet!

What does it mean to be the sky?

(and this is the first time

I have tried to explain it,

not sure I can do it justice.)

For me, it is to allow all things to be

as they are,

free of expectations

to live and let live,

to love with an embrace

as expansive as the sky

to follow and trust the energy as it is

to follow where it leads

and carry what it needs,

to believe in the unity

of all things being one.

It is my talisman statement,

a place I return to, revisit,

when lost or confused

the question,

'how am I not being the sky?'

centers and reminds me

to take stock

clear myself of what wounds and fails.

When I am not being the sky

I shrink, I sink

and am not in flight towards

whats really necessary

and real!

When I am the sky

I move with grace

ease and freedom, thru the days,

seeing that all is as it should be

I am weightless and in the flow

floating along, enjoying and trusting!

Its a act of living in reverance!

Tho we shortened it to

'Be the sky,'

I love it, simplified!

And with this past year...

of so many wonders and 'not wonders"

my sky lessons have been of such significance

the book of memoirs I am writing will

be called, "In Becoming the Sky...!"

At some point...

with a little more work

that necklace?

...on the back will read

'I am the sky'

...but not quite yet!

Pam Piper Rain

Photo by Ed Earley

If you want to wear words too?

www.jewelry for the soul.com

but just so you know...

I have the only

'Be the sky' ever to be made...sorry!

But that's the kind of friend, Janet is!