This Too Shall Pass
Monday, February 21, 2011 at 02:27PM 
“This too shall pass”. These were the words that I heard in my head last night as I bathed my daughter in her little tub. She was determined to continue to practice her new founded standing position and a tub full of water was no exception.
The two shower handles loomed on top of her, shiny and alluring and beckoning to be to touched. She couldn’t resist and pushed her little chubby legs forward until the desired objects were in hand. I couldn’t help but smile, her determination amused me and reminded me of my own. But I also couldn’t help but worry. I quickly began to imagine her letting go and cracking her head open on the ceramic edge. (She practices freestanding these days as well!)
I pulled her tub back from the handles and to no surprise, I was met with a huge protest. No Mom! I could hear her say, don’t take my exploration away! And then my dad’s voice came to me: “Pick you battles Eli, this too shall pass”. He was referring to the main advice he had given me for parenting: most of the battles we choose to take on are not worth it in the end. The bed-wetting, the lack of eating, etc. it all works out. Our bodies are wise and unfold at their own time. I understood this last night. I pushed the tub back, let her play with the handles for a couple more minutes while I poured water on her to keep her warm, and voila! she was done. Her curiosity satisfied she sat down and “normal” bath-time resumed.
My daughter’s curiosity taught me something last night- when we are allowed to step fully into life, our natural needs are satisfied. Yet oftentimes there is danger involved and so we instead step back. We look to “manage” our curiosity (much to the same way we try to manage economic cycles) with safety measures and whatnot, and even those these are important, not at the expense of learning that we are of this world, with all of its dangers and edges. We came to explore the material world- full, deeply and with all of our being.
So the next time something feels scary, cover your safety measures, but also let yourself live it, fully. More often than not, it is really perceived fear that holds us back. Our natural curiosity has its deep wisdom and will lead us to new terrain.
We are now in a time of economic recession. Embrace it! Live it! Explore what it means to take a re-cess in your life. What is asking to be seen? And know, that even though it feels scary at times, this too shall pass. (That is the nature of cycles). And that is precisely why we need to square our shoulders to it, go towards what allures us in it, regardless of how crazy it may seem. Satisfy your need to explore the world and the answers you are looking for will reveal themselves in the end. They always do.
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