Breaking out of the Tunnel

Driving on highway 580 the other day through the rolling hills of California I was in the process of doing some of my best thinking. And with all the space that was available I started thinking "how nice it is that I live in space." I know a lot of people that live in tunnels, its what we call tunnel vision. And I occasionally lived there too. And I still find myself every once in awhile going back into that tunnel. It is safe, it is protective, it is hidden. And while it is all of those things, it is also constricting. And I can feel the shifts in my physic when I go back into the tunnel, I slouch, my shoulders curl inward, my head lowers, going smaller to fit in the tunnel. Because when I (we) go into our tunnels we talk all our shtuff with us. And for some of us, not all of us, we take a lot with us. And it gets so crowded. And when I was driving, I noticed the space. The open everlasting further and further and further available space. And all the shtuff that I have can be spread out to the ongoing acres of space available. I was able to place something on top of the mountains a good 20 miles away from me. I was able to leave another item on the tree I had just driven by. And I was able to sit up taller, shoulders back, head up, and I felt lighter. Inside the tunnel I feel weighted down, as many of you might notice as well. And when I break through that tunnel and spread out my awareness I feel weightless, I feel free, I feel energized because I am not holding everything on my shoulders. It is all out there --------------> away from me. It is still there because I should at some point manage it, and there is a time and place for that. And until that time and place, put it somewhere else until later. The world we live in is huge and the space when thinking about air and the universe is never ending, or is it (that is up to you and how far you are able to open your eyes). So fill that space with the good, the bad, the ugly. And deal with it. Because dealing with it puts it into a new perspective. And the bad can turn to the learned. And the good can turn to the great. and the ugly can turn to the beautiful. And this all occurs when we open our eyes, leave the tunnel behind, and come out into the world we live. Outside the tunnel we hear the chirping of the birds, the whistle in the wind. We feel the breeze of the wind, the warmth of the sun. We see the colors of the world, the movement of the world.

Let go of the problems, until the time and place, and allow the world and space to be the bearer of our burdens because we should and ARE living positive happy lives filled with energy and smiles!