Live Like The Roar In A Lion's Throat
Vive como el rugido de la garganta del león.-- por Pavithra Mehta
¿Vives tus días como un talón de boleto olvidado en la chamarra de alguien? ¿Como si el espectáculo ya hubiera pasado? Como si hubieras salido una noche para ver tu vida y a la mitad te diste cuanta que no valía la pena el precio del boleto.
Otras cosas más interesantes llamaron tu atención, aunque nos han dicho una y ptra vez que todo lo que brilla no es oro, y aún así somos seducid@s fácilmente por el brillo y el tipo de comida que llena nuestra boca pero no nuestros estómagos y nunca nuestras almas.
¡Como nos atiborramos de lo insustancial y sustituimos la vibrante, arriesgada y plena ocupación de la vida, por un aletargamiento tímido y pusilánime!
¿Vives tus días como un embase sin nombre hasta atrás del refrigerador? Un embase que ha estado ahí tanto tiempo que ya nadie recuerda lo que contiene. ¿Vives tus días como un calcetín solitario en el cajón cuyo par desapareció en la lavadora semanas o años atrás?
Piénsalo. Piénsalo mucho. ¿Qué forma tienes y en qué contenedor estás? Estas no son preguntas que deben hacerse o responderse a la ligera.
Vive como el rugido de la garganta del león en la cueva. Vive como la semilla de mostaza que se deja caer en el aceite caliente, lista para explotar con su sabor en todo. Como la mecha de una vela. Parpadeante. Feroz. Viva.
Preguntas semilla para la reflexión: ¿Qué significa para ti vivir como el rugido de la garganta del león en la cueva? ¿Puedes compartir alguna historia personal donde sentiste que estabas list@ para explotar con tu sabor en todo? ¿Qué te ayuda a ser como la mecha de una vela, parpadeante, feroz, viva?
Pavithra Mehta is a poet, award-winning filmmaker and ​author, and ServiceSpace visionary. Her film and book "Infinite Vision," tell the improbable story of a crippled, retired eye surgeon who integrated innovation with empathy, service with business principles, and inner change with outer transformation.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: What does living like the roar in the cave of the lion's throat mean to you? Can you share a personal story of a time you felt like you were ready to explode your flavor into everything? What helps you be like the wick in a candle -- flickering, fierce, alive?
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On Jul 31, 2018 Viginia May-Schiros wrote :
Powerful thoughts here to motivate a willingness to allow transformation to occur. Thanks for helping me to feel brave this morning!
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On Jul 31, 2018 Smriti wrote :
Magnificent. I completely resonate with it. What a way to wake up this Tuesday morning
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On Jul 31, 2018 Debra Roberts wrote :
Love this so much. THANK you. Such an elegant tribute and invitation to living on the pulse of life.
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On Jul 31, 2018 AMITA MISTRY wrote :
what a powerful passage!!!
It is awakin itself. Yes, I too do live with tiny stuff on earth. but after reading this, i realised to roar as well. this is so positive communication. Thank you Awakin.
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On Jul 31, 2018 Melissa Nunez Brown wrote :
Absolutely stunning. Thank you for this. xxx
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On Jul 30, 2018 david doane wrote :
When expressed, the lion's roar is powerful, heeded, respected, and even feared. When held in the cave of the lion's throat, there is no roar to be heard. I'm much more fulfilled when I live like the lion's roar, which means embracing and expressing my real self, rather than keeping me in my cave, unheard and unknown. When I live like the lion's roar, I explode my flavor into everyting, and I make a difference. I have done that many times, which is satisfying. I have also imploded or held me in or toned me down many times which is frustrating and dissatisfying. What helps me be like the wick in a candle, on fire and alive, is accepting and expressing my self, which sometimes takes courage and usually is rewarding..
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On Jul 27, 2018 Rajesh wrote :
What a beautiful passage! It takes fierce courage to live this way. I specially resonate with the statement "Think. Think hard. What shape are you holding and in what container are you held? Those are not questions to be asked or answered lightly." Indeed, its a lifelong quest to ask and answer this question.