“Imagine that each of us is a spoke in an Infinite Wheel, and, though each spoke is essential in keeping the Wheel whole, no two spokes are the same.
The rim of that Wheel is our living sense of community, family, and relationship, but the common hub where all the spokes join is the one center where all souls meet.
So, as I move out into the world, I live out my uniqueness, but when I dare to look into my core, I come upon the one common center, where all lives begin. In that center, we are one and the same.
In this way, we live out the paradox of being both unique and the same. For mysteriously and powerfully, when I look deep enough into you, I find me, and when you dare to hear my fear in the recess of your heart, you recognize it as your secret that you thought no one else knew.
And that unexpected wholeness that is more than each of us, but common to all — that moment of unity is the atom of God.
What we reach for may be different, but what makes us reach is the same.”
The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have (20th Anniversary Edition), Mark Nepo, pgs. 6 – 7.
