and

You think because you understand one
you must also understand two,
because one and one make two.

But you must also understand "and".

~Rumi

::elizabeth::

It is the space between the ones that is difficult. When we focus on that space, our differences, it is nearly impossible to be peaceful. It is nearly impossible to love completely. It is only in our union, in our oneness, that we can truly love. Focusing on our commonalities makes it easy.

At the same time, it is nearly impossible to attain complete solidarity. While we all come from the same source, we each have unique experiences to experience here. It is challenging to try to understand and nearly impossible to understand that space. The best we can do is honor each person’s unique journey and their right to make decisions to guide their own course even if those choices appear not to align with our own. And this is really challenging.

When we can let go of being right… When we can let go of the concept of creating a perfect world by fitting everyone into a mold that looks something like who we are… When we can truly peel away the layers of division from our eyes and see through to the source of divinity within each of us…the ‘and’ will dissolve with grace.

::lisa::

“And” is a connection; a bridge that connects one step to the next.

“And” is the conjoining soul that brings us to our next place of being.

“And” represents all of those lingering thoughts that guide us, possibly without us ever knowing, to our decisions and our selves.

“And” is what most often gets overlooked, yet makes up some of the most important building blocks in existence.

“And” lies in a vast space, one that furnishes the great unknown, as well as, all of life’s answers.

“And” is fully present in learning, teaching, growing, and living.

“And” brings us, and all things, together. It holds the power to take separateness and transform it into unity.