The Wisdom of the Fool

Alive Again - part 1/5 | may we learn to dance life

“Know this, when you start dancing you’ll be better equipped for what comes next.”  

-Jessica Dore

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When, exactly did you lose the vibrancy and innocence of your heart? The magic of being alive? The hope of a better tomorrow?  

When did the earnest fool inside of you stop trusting in and dancing with life? 

Perhaps for you, the callousness of your heart began long ago– over a lifetime of disappointments, losses and heartbreaks never fully felt. 

Maybe for you, it was the deflation and utter disorientation after a great loss– be it the loss of a beloved, your marriage, your health, your faith, your career or a version of yourself you were never meant to be.  

Maybe it was a slow drip, watching political upheaval through the fire screen of your phone, creating the glazed-over, apathetic eyes and cement feet that can’t seem to want to begin again.

Or maybe it wasn’t something you lost so much as you tucked it away in fear of being seen as foolish or childish or insensitive to the “harsh realities” of life. 

After all, the most obvious choice for a tender heart in a world of heartbreak is to harden–  callousness is nothing more than self-protection. 

The walls around your heart aren’t wrong. They make sense. And– I invite you to consider the possibility that you may not need them anymore.