Tuesday, 19 October 2010

Lighthouses don't go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining. (Anne Lamott)


Some years ago, during a weekend workshop of an esoteric nature, each participant had a chance to go into a deeply altered state and got to answer some questions posed by the leader of the workshop, a fairly well-known psychic.

 'why are you here'. 'why did you come to the planet' 'what are you here to do' 

my immediate response was that I am here to be a lighthouse.  

really? 

I was more than curious about that instinctive answer, because I was in no way ready to be 'anything', let alone be something like a lighthouse. How on Earth does one 'be' a lighthouse I wondered.

A lighthouse is a structure that is erected with the purpose of sending out light, so that others may be safe, or at least alert to danger. A navigational tool.

Now, if I chose to be a lighthouse, so be it. What I really need to know is - does a lighthouse need to stay in one place all the time? Because I really want to travel. A lot.

Lighthouses just seem to be so solid. They rarely travel.

I will make it work. Somehow.




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