The Sixth Holy Night ~ The Gift of Tension
DECEMBER 30, 2011
_This tension pulls me…_
_from the right, no the left…_
_above me, maybe from below me,_
_wait, it is behind me,_
_no… actually, it is in front of me…_
_is it within me, or perhaps all around me…_
_I stop. I breathe._
_And sink into the pull,_
_like gravity holding my hand…_
_the portal opens_
_and I step through ,_
_betwixt and between,_
_into myself…_
This post was inspired by [Lynn Jericho's Eighth Year of Inner Christmas](http://www.innerchristmasmessages.com/2011/12/30/the-sixth-holy-night-the-gift-of-tension) ~The Twelve Gifts. This is my offering for the sixth gift ~ the gift of tension.
_from the right, no the left…_
_above me, maybe from below me,_
_wait, it is behind me,_
_no… actually, it is in front of me…_
_is it within me, or perhaps all around me…_
_I stop. I breathe._
_And sink into the pull,_
_like gravity holding my hand…_
_the portal opens_
_and I step through ,_
_betwixt and between,_
_into myself…_
This post was inspired by [Lynn Jericho's Eighth Year of Inner Christmas](http://www.innerchristmasmessages.com/2011/12/30/the-sixth-holy-night-the-gift-of-tension) ~The Twelve Gifts. This is my offering for the sixth gift ~ the gift of tension.
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