“I’m nobody. Are you? Are you nobody too?” asks Emily Dickinson in one of her poems. “Oh, yes!” I say, relaxing into oneness. Have I gone off the deep end? I hope so! Off the deep end and into the Ocean of Belonging. I’ve been thinking a lot about the ocean as a metaphor for all that holds us. I’ve been relaxing into seeing myself as nothing more or less than a drop in that ocean. I am in this ocean, and it is in me. And so are you. We are all drops in this ocean. It is the ocean of oneness /love /God /belonging. In this ocean we are all equally held. Nobody needs to be more special or shiny than the other. We just are. (Don’t tell Barney the big purple dinosaur.) Lately I’ve been enjoying my drop-in-the-oceanness. I’ve been enjoying my smallness.
Grace
Slips in ~
Sunrise,
Lightness,
A cleansing wave ~
When I
Remember
I am
Held.
On the off chance that you would find this thought healing, I offer it to you: We are drops in the ocean, and we are enough. In her poem, Emily goes on to talk about frogs making a lot of noise in a bog. Sometimes I think the pressure of having a presence on the web, of needing to let people know who I am and what I do feels a bit like the noisy frogs. Today I just want to say, “I’m nobody. Are you? Are you nobody too?”
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Ingrid this post is just wonderful. Yes, I will be nobody with you. I think that is what I loved most about my being in Florida by the ocean just recently. I feel so anonymous, so not special, ordinary, and that was so grand. Feeling like a drop in the ocean is just amazing. It’s not scary at all, in fact, quite the opposite. Freedom is how I would describe the sensation of surrender you describe…and Oneness. Free to be me, free to be all of us.
LOL,
J
Dearest Jan, My good friend Lori promised me that when I started blogging I would meet wonderful people. I had no idea what she was talking about, really. But YOU and several other lovely folks have been writing me back, responding to my posts, picking up my messages in bottles as I tossed them out to the great big sea. I have to say, this is FUN. To be meeting more drops in this great ocean of belonging. How lovely!
Love to you, Ingrid
Yes, it is Ingrid, so fun. I never imagined when I started this what extraordinary women I would meet. My heart is so full of gratitude for our connection. You are one of those for me. I hope more and more lovelies find your site because you have so much joy to share, so much creativity that touches the heart. I envision a trip to Martha’s Vineyard some day to meet you in person….and to shop! xxxooo
I hope I don’t contribute to your frog-like feelings or concerns!! I just want everyone else to have a chance to share in the Ingrid-moments that mean so much to me!
Oh my dear good friend, Lori. You are one of the most encouraging friends I have ever had. I am so blessed by you in so many ways. Thank you for helping me understand more and more of this big wide web that connects us all around the world! I’d jump in a bog with you any day. Love, Ingrid