The greatest teachers

Some of my greatest teachers are the ones who speak a language my brain cannot translate. Some of my most insightful conversations happened in full silence or in an unfamiliar language, human or other.

This branch of a carob tree very suddenly became my teacher. She called my attention as I was walking by. At first, I could not track anything valuable. But being silently next to her for a while and listening deeply, I heard her.

This is what she taught me:

• The light and darkness nestle side by side. It’s only us (people) who think they sit across.

• None of them is better than the other.

• None of them is worse than the other.

• They are both equally important and very much needed.

• Staying for too long in the light will burn your potential to grow.

• Staying for too long in the darkness will suck your potential to grow too.

• Learn to love them both equally.

• Learn to live them both equally.

• They will nurture you well.

Some of my greatest teachers are the ones who speak a language my brain cannot translate.

WHO ARE SOME OF YOUR GREATEST TEACHERS? Write their names below and help us learn from them too.

Thirst For Rain

Finally the Rain came

with her graceful song and her incredible scent.

She captured us all.

I surrendered in bliss.

She hadn’t visited us for 6 months.

6 months of drought.

Such a huge longing for Rain in such a tiny place I live.

Thirst is the primary issue here, both for nature and humans.

Nature is aware of it.

The roots of the trees are desperately looking for water underground.

Some of them are dying already.

Survival is exhausting.

Resources are scarce.

On the other hand, most humans go on their lives.

Unaware of their thirst for Rain,

they are consuming everything else -masks, coffee, pills, news, violence, depression, suppression, fear, corruption, life(s)-

They are desperately trying to find what substitutes the Rain.

Some of them are dying already.

Survival is exhausting.

Resources are scarce.

I have been secretly praying for Her to arrive.

I know I was not alone.

Nurturance,

Healing,

Relief,

Softness,

Clarity

Love.

She is gone again.

Oh dear God,

How many tones of Singing Rain do we need to cleanse our lives and tune with our souls?

You Are Loved

We all have moments we feel unloved, unseen, unheard. Moments we break down and burst into tears because the love we deserve is not given to us. 

Perhaps a loved one does not act in the way we expected or needed. Perhaps life is unraveling differently than the way we imagined it. 

Feeling unloved is a deeply hurtful and painful thing. Isn’t it?

But let me tell you that YOU ARE LOVED! Always and eternally.  

You are loved by the sunray that illuminates hope after dark times.

You are loved by the oxygen that willingly sacrifices for your breath.

You are loved by the musician who creates their song so that your heart can dance.

You are loved by the elders who pray secretly for you, day after day.

You are loved by your ancestors who offered you flesh and bones, genes and mind, songs and rituals to heal your life and find your way.

You are loved by the one who feeds you and showers you, puts you in bed and walks you through the day. 

You are loved by the one who knows your unspoken secrets and tears with your pain. The one who stays next to you listening tirelessly. Everyday, every moment, no matter what.

Aren’t we all loved after all? Give me a ❤️to spread this love with everyone in the planet who right now feels unloved.

Eleni Michail