The eclipse happened this week.
Fortunately, I was home and spent the time outdoors experiencing the moment.
While everyone was facing the sun and looking up, my back was turned away and I was using my paper projector to observe this ridiculously small version of the eclipse projecting onto my white piece of paper.
I had a brief moment of panic thinking people might find me weird, but truthfully there was no way in hell I wanted to look up at the sun, even with those eclipse glasses. I had prepped for this paper projector moment, and I was ready to make it happen.
For me, experiencing the eclipse wasn’t about the image of the sun and the moon. I went outside to notice the change in the quality of the sunlight, witness the change in shadows, feel the temperature cool, and be present in the darkness. My eclipse moment was about feeling the change in my surroundings as so many had before me. And every so often I would turn my back to the sun and take a peek at my paper projector (no one seemed to even notice) to see how the moon was moving.
Except for the fact that it didn’t get as dark as I was hoping for (my area was about 90% totally), I was completely happy and satisfied.
Then I began thinking—how often have I had paper projector moments? How often have I been the one willing to do things differently than the majority of others?
VERY OFTEN…but that’s me. And it’s been a process.
Choosing something different from the norm takes courage and practice—-it’s like a muscle that needs to be worked.
Listening to your truth and desires and then taking action, especially when it goes against what others might desire, also takes practice and courage. Living truthfully and unapologetically will sometimes require you to choose differently from those around you. Those new choices create new options and opportunities for you.
“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.”
—Robert Frost
Have you been wanting to take a road less traveled, but fear holds you back? Are you ready to have your own paper projector moment? What new situations or experiences might be available to you if you did?
With love,
Heather
