Yesterday I was raking fallen leaves and got an insight as a gift.
A rake roughly pulls at everything in its path. Dead leaves give way to the pressure, while green grass and flowers get scratched but stay in place.
In the end, the cleared patch looks slightly ruffled. The wounds of the healthy plants will soon heal, while the collected leaves will ride away in a wheelbarrow to the compost pile, where they will become fertilizer and nourish a new cycle of life.
Symbolic, isn’t it?
It reminds me of clearing a person of outdated beliefs and unnecessary illusions through psychotherapy or religion.
Or take an acting class. Familiar but tiresome limitations, inhibitions, and fears get raked away by exercises. The person’s authenticity emerges from under them ever more strongly.
Discomfort is inevitable in this process. It is the price of freeing up space so that what is alive has room to grow.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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