Grace & Humility After The Storm
Soul Lessons After Hurricane Ida
Grace & Humility After The Storm
Many people in the U.S. experienced the currents and aftermath of Hurricane Ida this week. Both currents and post effects disrupted our routines — emotionally, physically and spiritually.
But if we are honest, this storm and any other storm that we experience personally or environmentally presents the opportunity for grace and humility.
Ida forced us at once to stop everything we were doing to do something differently — immediately. Whether it was where we lived, who we communicated with, what we wore or ate and how we processed information. In so doing, there was yet another opportunity to embrace change or reflect on the blessings of our lives.
Maybe we have an invitation to mend a relationship, reexamine how we want to live our lives or acknowledge our mortality.
Yet I most appreciate the invitation to give ourselves grace for doing the best that we can, every day. With that grace flows humility of knowing that no one is alone, and that even for those who struggle with virility and vulnerability, including myself, that our very being on earth is truly all that matters.
Ida and other storms in life show is that it is not the doing, not the having, but the being. Humility is coming fast and hard for those of us living with family or friends — overnight, perhaps in one bedroom or living room when used to a palatial home. But, again the joy is in the being. The being able to have family and friends who welcome you and care for you. As my landscaper called today (3 days after my call to him due to no power and poor cell service), “you were the first call I received, and I’m just grateful that someone cares about me.” Or the cousin in Memphis who received me and my Goddaughter after urgently running from the hurricane in Jackson, MS with open arms, and no words other than “come on.”
So, it is my hope that as rescue efforts still happen throughout the U.S., we appreciate our lives and who we are. That for those who return to their homes, do so carrying the grace for others and themselves, and that they can acknowledge when they are ok and not, with no remorse for their feelings because disruption does tax you spiritually.
And my final wish is that we will choose to be available to others in need, because being is all there is. The spirit needs often times to just be with other spirits (which is why many of us displaced may return to NOLA sooner than later to be with those who have a shared grief and experience), who can be with others, with no questions…and perhaps no answers, with only a soul knowledge that our existence is the blessing and joy of life.
Be.
