How We Are Arriving in a Turbulent World
Surrounded by the uncertainty of the times, we are waking up
Spring seems to have arrived all at once.
A few months ago, I committed to helping with costumes for our local production of Matilda. I had not actually seen the show yet, and honestly, I already had a lot going on. But our son is doing tech for the production, and it felt right to step in and help.
This weekend, my son and I finally watched the musical together. What a great story! I left it feeling genuinely excited about what’s coming.
On Saturday, I went down to the costume closet we use for local theater. It’s a big basement full of pieces collected over years of productions. I started digging through racks and boxes, looking for anything that might work. When I do this kind of work, something interesting always happens. Certain pieces almost seem to light up. Like the extravagant topcoat worn by the Godmother in a Cinderella production a few years ago. It turns out to be perfect for the librarian in this show.
The pieces pull me toward them as if they are saying, “Try me.” And more often than not, they end up being exactly right. They fit the actor, suit the role, and make the person wearing them feel great.
It’s a little like what happens when I pass a thrift store and suddenly feel the urge to go inside. There’s this pull to see what might be waiting. And magically, there usually is something. Like the old-fashioned typewriter I found for ten bucks. And it still has a working ribbon!
When it comes to clothes, I’m usually drawn to the strangest looking piece first. The funky ones. They’re always the hidden gems.
Meanwhile, spring is unfolding here in the mountains of western North Carolina, on the edge of the Deep South. Politically, it can be a scary place to live, but the natural world is something else entirely. Green, lush, and alive in every direction. It feels almost like a rainforest this time of year.
Watching everything around me bloom, I can feel something similar happening inside myself. An unfolding. A stepping more fully into my own sense of intuition and trust. I’m noticing I’m less hard on myself about the human side of my experiences. Life feels a little more relaxed. My relationships feel more harmonious. My body feels strong.
I’m not entirely sure what to call this moment, but I’m leaning into it with a sense of relief.
It feels like I’m arriving and letting my truest self lead.
And it’s not just me. I feel it in the air. I’m seeing it in others.
We’re waking up.
Here’s to embracing our unfolding, in a world that needs our creativity and wonder.
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Dancing over the Edge of Enlightened
Edge Dancer · Connie
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Nothing like finding the right costume for the part you want to play.