80. Challenge

Wind


Mountain

Artwork by:

Meg Vellejos-McCoy at innerlifecreations.com.

Day 39 of 2021 and Day 1896 of her Daily Painting Practice.

What do you do when a deeply held belief is challenged?

A willingness to allow our deeply-held beliefs to be challenged is the catalyst for profound and lasting change in this world — and within ourselves.

In my most regal presence, I am imposing, solid, and stationary. I am the Mountain that is also the Sequoia tree. I believe I know.

When the Wind of change blows, challenging what I believe and what I think I know, I may remain steadfast and unwilling to be moved. Even the tallest most magnificent of trees will eventually die and decay by the Winds of change.

I thought I knew that “not seeing color”/colorblindness was the way to participate in our society’s healing of the trauma of slavery. I was mistaken and felt ashamed. I am educating myself on how to be an ally to people of color to address race discrimination and support social justice.

Everything we are in our most glorious, majestic presence will one day be reduced to tiny particles. As Sequoia lays down and dies, fungi, bacteria, and insects will feast and form networks of communication and support for new growth.

Life, death, and rebirth create intricate and resilient networks to support life and new growth.

When my most deeply-held beliefs are challenged, I either resist or I am curious. Curiosity allows mistaken beliefs to die, and in their decomposition, they give rise to new birth.