I had an “ah ha!”  this morning at 6.08am, one of those blinding moments of clarity that strike in the quiet moments of our lives.

I have been too busy dealing with the ’sand’ in my life to collect the pearls!

Pearls are the transformation of the resistance and irritation we may feel about being stuck, being too busy, missing out or not moving toward what we want.  They are the the kernels of truth that let us see the situation without the heat of our emotions in the blinding light of how things really are.  They are the priceless treasures of our learning and let us re find the path to move forward again.

Sand, in comparison, is the filler in life, the telephone, the email, the voice mail, the clock, meetings and ALL the ’shoulds’, musts and have tos.  They are the bits of life that flood toward us and may overwhelm us  in their numbers and their demands when our purpose or direction is unclear.

HOWEVER they are not the main course and need to fit in around it rather than distract us.  The analogy is that it is like filling up on the junk food that fills our eyes and taste buds with longing but starves our brains, muscles and vitality.

Fill your life with the maincourse, work out what it is that you have most energy to create, something that is positive, and start to move towards it.

Along the way you may be distracted by the sand and don’t be disappointed, pause to collect the pearls and know you will never again need to go there in just that way.  You have freed yourself of some pattern of behaviour.  Your pearl necklace will hope fully become a pearl jacket and a pearl coat and a pearl avalanche.

I am off to record my latest pearl experience in my Pearl Diary.  A personal account to cheer me in my dark moments where I can’t see well and to bouy me up when I need reminding of my movement.