Cracked Wide Open,
a broken egg
with yoke exposed.
Spreading,
in yellow puddles,
laid bare and naked
in my soul.
No more will
my shell protect
me, keep me from
the world.
I will be nourishment,
food to another,
love for body and soul.
Or I will be swept away,
Wiped off the counter
of life, down the drain
Having not mattered.
A life unnoticed.
Washed away,
and no one to care.
Oh let it be, please,
that being cracked
wide open, would
matter to someone
else besides me.
~Wendi Kelly
I’ve never claimed to be much of a poet. Rhyming words and all that jazz isn’t in my Muse’s box of toys and when a pile of poetic words do wander by, I haven’t much patience for polishing them up. So there you go. What you see up there is the raw, broken egg yoke, exactly how it popped out of my head this morning while I was writing in my journal.
Today is the three hundredth day of my meditation journey. Three hundred days of meditating in a row, no days off, at least once, usually twice a day, as well as journaling daily about the meditation. Three hundred days of meeting myself in the gap of silence, where there is no hiding, where there is no bending the truth to myself, where one cannot shield one’s self from the almighty fact that we are one- single- solitary being, cracked open and poured out into this planet.
We are poured into different skins, we wear different shells, but once those shells are broken, our yoke is the same, the same golden, nutrient rich, source of life.
We are eggs, all of us, cracked open. Raw and naked and scared and desperately wanting to matter to some other being here in this journey. Love and connection are the deepest desire we have here on this planet and the fear of not having it, is our deepest fear that keeps us from… loving, taking chances, building businesses, reaching out, telling the truth, forgiving…
Name your challenge. The Why behind why it is so hard for you is right there. You want to matter. You don’t want to be swept down the drain of life without having left your mark on another person’s soul.
I am at three hundred days of looking into this mirror of my soul and feeling cracked wide open. And asking… HOW? How can you use me? How can I best make my mark? How can I be food for someone else’s soul?
I know that this is only the very beginning of my journey. There is so much farther to go, more to understand, more ways that I will be called to be food for someone’s soul.
But I have been blessed to be asked to be part of one project that I know will feed hungry entrepreneurs and creative artists and struggling, busy moms and anyone who is finding a challenge in meeting their goals and dreams when life keeps getting in the way.
Join me in the Unstoppable Solopreneur Global Telesummit January 14 – 22, 2014 so you can learn more about how you can live a Cracked Wide Open and meaningful life too. And,oh by the way… if you are desiring to create Heart-Centered Business that is meaningful, passionate, focused, successful and changes lives, don’t miss my portion of the telesummit at 9:00 am on Jan 14th! Sign up Now ( You can sign up right next to this post! ) and Get it on the Calendar so you don’t forget!
