Shuffle Synchronicities: Volume 1 - #223
"I Won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz - 08/13/21 - Pause 2 week break :)
Hi Readers,
I’m taking a 2-week break from the Shuffle from August 14th-August 28th to focus on my trip back to Rochester, NY to attend, officiate, and celebrate my sister’s wedding.
I’ve paused payments for Subscribers so you won’t be charged during the vacation.
Here’s today’s song though ~Shuffled non-but-also-not-non-Synchronistically~ by Russ Hudson:
When I look into your eyes
It's like watching the night sky
Or a beautiful sunrise
Well there's so much they hold
And just like them old stars
I see that you've come so far
To be right where you are
How old is your soul?Well, I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking upAnd when you're needing your space
To do some navigating
I'll be here patiently waiting
To see what you find'Cause even the stars they burn
Some even fall to the earth
We've got a lot to learn
God knows we're worth it
No, I won't give upI don't wanna be someone who walks away so easily
I'm here to stay and make the difference that I can make
Our differences they do a lot to teach us how to use the tools and gifts
We got yeah we got a lot at stake
And in the end you're still my friend at least we did intend
For us to work we didn't break, we didn't burn
We had to learn, how to bend without the world caving in
I had to learn what I got, and what I'm not
And who I amI won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
I'm still looking upWell, I won't give up on us (no I'm not giving up)
God knows I'm tough (I am tough) he knows (I am loved)
We got a lot to learn (we're alive, we are loved)
God knows we're worth it (and we're worth it)I won't give up on us
Even if the skies get rough
I'm giving you all my love
I'm still looking up
A few things to say about yesterday’s climax of the trip to Esalen.
I’m actually an Enneagram 7, not an Enneagram 4, LOL.
Or at least have some work to do currently with 7 :)
If you knew that from reading this newsletter for these past 8 months, or from knowing me, please feel free to comment with a joke!
I made a lot of new friends at the Esalen Enneagram workshop and there’s integration to be done.
But I can’t recommend Russ Hudson and Esalen enough.
You can learn more about Russ at
https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/
and
https://russhudson.com/
You can learn more about Esalen at
https://www.esalen.org/
Here’s a brief excerpt from The Wisdom of the Enneagram:
The Story of the Locksmith: A Sufi Tale
Once there lived a metalworker, a locksmith, who was unjustly accused of crimes and was sentenced to a deep, dark prison. After he had been there awhile, his wife who loved him very much went to the King and beseeched him that she might at least give him a prayer rug so he could observe his five prostrations every day. The King considered that a lawful request, so he let the woman bring her husband a prayer rug. The prisoner was thankful to get the rug from his wife, and every day he faithfully did his prostrations on the rug.
Much later, the man escaped from prison, and when people asked him how he got out, he explained that after years of doing his prostrations and praying for deliverance from the prison, he began to see what was right in front of his nose. One day he suddenly saw that his wife had woven into the prayer rug the pattern of the lock that imprisoned him. Once he realized this and understood that all the information he needed to escape was already in his possession, he began to make friends with his guards. He also persuaded the guards that they all would have a better life if they cooperated and escaped the prison together. They agreed since, although they were guards, they realized that they were in prison, too. They also wished to escape, but they had no means to do so.
So the locksmith and his guards decided on the following plan: they would bring him pieces of metal, and he would fashion useful items from them to sell in the marketplace. Together they would amass resources for their escape, and from the strongest piece of metal they could acquire, the locksmith would fashion a key.
One night, when everything had been prepared, the locksmith and his guards unlocked the prison and walked out into the cool night where his beloved wife was waiting for him. He left the prayer rug behind so that any other prisoner who was clever enough to read the pattern of the rug could also make his escape. Thus, the locksmith was reunited with his loving wife, his former guards became his friends, and everyone lived in harmony. Love and skillfulness prevailed.
Enjoy the rest of August everyone!
Okay, that’s the two hundred and twenty-third Shuffle Synchronicities.