the alter of living

I’ve been listening to a audio version of “A Year to Live”. It is very powerful to hear the voice of Stephen Levine reading the words I’ve read several times and tried to bring with me along this path. I’m realizing that there’s so much more attention I want to bring to this life I’m experiencing. The mind is so full of ideas about what should be. I want to be living in my heart and that open space that can bring so much more love and understanding.

I keep hearing Stephen’s voice tonight telling me to soften around pain and fear. I’m hoping that I can get that voice to stay with the mind and heart as I open to the possibility of really living in the present moment. I’ll just keep noticing the fire in the heart and the fluidity of the essence of what remains in my life force.

That’s the alter I want to live and die in front of.