Undoubtedly, I have lived extremely experimentally.
Now approaching 45, I am fully aware of the answer to “What’s the worst that can happen? To say that I am someone who has had to “learn the hard way” is an understatement. Calling me a “hands on learner”, albeit very true, could also be a gentle way of describing my inner ass hole – the part of me that always thought I knew better than anyone else.
It took going from “I am the shit”, to eating shit enough times, to then believing I was a piece of shit and acting on this belief before I could graduate from the School of Hard Knocks and move on to spiritual kindergarten where I am being fed humble pie instead.
The great thing about entering spiritual kindergarten is that I GET to show up just as I am, scraped up knees and all. I get to learn or rather remember what it is like to be a spirit being in human form. From this perspective my enthusiasm for life is renewed on a daily basis, there are so many experiments to be had, so are soooooo many unexplored frontiers of self discovery.
By offering my authentic self to the world- in reflective writing, artwork, fashion mockups, poetry, floral design, movements, music; and share the resources and wisdom that has been shared with me….Perhaps, you friend, will see my offering as an invitation to show up just as you are, onto the playground called life.
Let’s learn to be present in each other’s presence however we show up, as a gift to ourselves, as an offering to each other, and for the benefit of all beings. This is the legacy I wish to leave for my children.
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There is another side of living experimentally that can not be denied. I have also been able to discover the answer to “What is the best that can happen?”