A few
weeks ago I watched “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium”, a delightful movie
starring Dustin Hoffman as a 242 year old toy maker and Natalie Portman as the
manager of his magical toy store. At one
point, Hoffman has announced he’s planning to leave (die) at the end of the
day, and Portman is trying to dissuade him by doing all sorts of fun and crazy
things so he can see what he’ll be missing if he leaves. In my favorite scene, they are in a clock
store and have set all the clocks to just before 12:00.
They finish the last clock, and Portman says, “That’s the last one. 37 seconds—now we wait.” Hoffman replies, “No! Now we breathe, we pulse, we regenerate. Our hearts beat, our minds create, our souls
ingest. 37 seconds, well used, is a
lifetime!”
I was
deeply moved by that scene because I realized that most of us go through life
pretending we know what’s coming next because we have created goals and planned
everything out just so, and “now we wait”.
The truth is; we never really know what’s coming, when or how. Even for those of us with well developed
intuition or psychic abilities, a lot can happen to change what we think we
know. But we place a veil of pretending
over ourselves, in part to help us feel safe.
Recently, that veil has been lifted from me and I no longer have the
luxury of pretending I know what’s coming next.
To be honest, it’s nerve-wracking!
Yet in that space where the veil has lifted exists the magic of
co-creation; I call it the Space of Grace.
What we
do have in that space is this present moment, precious and potent, and from
this moment we can launch the creations of our soul’s deepest yearnings. All we ever have is this present moment, yet
we forget and instead we plan and pretend.
No more pretending for me! From
this moment, I choose to radiate love, and to shine my light into the
world. What do you choose?
Remember: 37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.
Questions
for Reflection:
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