Hatching
“It
may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight
harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like
eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an
ordinary decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.”
C.S.
Lewis
My
friend, Renae, sent me a photo of a pregnant cow on her farm in
Nebraska. The poor animal is gigantic; lying down because of the
misery of standing with so much extra weight. Giving birth is an
ordeal; they don't call it labor for nothing. It's hard work, and I'm
sure cow-mother is not looking forward to pushing that enormous calf
out, but it certainly can't stay inside.
I
have given birth to two babies myself, and can testify that by the
end of a nine month pregnancy, you'll do just about anything to have
that child outside of you—but the process of getting it out is
daunting. Giving birth to anything involves a good bit of blood,
sweat and tears. I once had a neighbor say to me, as she left for the
hospital to have her fourth child, “I don't want to do this.” All
I could think to answer was, “Too late! You've got this!” There's
not a lot of choice is there? That baby will have its way.
Our
dreams and ideas are like that, too. We can have them by the dozens,
but if they never get hatched, it's all for naught. Having an aborted
dream has the same energetic effect on the body/mind as losing a
pregnancy. We need to incubate our precious dreams and creative ideas
for as long as necessary, but eventually we must birth them, or they
go bad. If there is something you are yearning to do, some deep dream
that has been in your heart and mind for as long as you can remember,
it may be time to hatch that egg, dear one. It can't take wings
inside its shell.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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