Lunch - ritz crackers and cheese
Dinner - greek yogurt, honey and granola
Lean In
Lately I've been hearing this phrase a lot at church and in my readings. I've somewhat started to meditate on it and I'm loving it. Lean in. It's so simple, yet powerful.
On a physical level, it calls for you to come closer; to shift your weight and allow your stance to be dependent on the strength of something else. It's a challenge to surrender. In order to lean in you must give up your position and become vulnerable, exposed. It is a posture of humility.
On an internal level it suggests you elevate your focus from interest to engagement. Give it your energy, effort and investment. Commit. No more casual caring. Engage yourself in this spiritual experience at hand and allow your mind to be captivated. Lean in. Open up. Believe.
I once went to a concert series called Heavy and Light. The host of the evening was spoken word poet, Anis Morjgani. He opened with this poem, Come Closer. It's wonderfully abstract and way over my head but for some reason I love it.
"Know that something softer than us but just as holy planted pieces of Himself into our feet that we might one day dance our way back. Know that you are almost home, come just a little bit closer."
I think that's what leaning in is; it's a glimpse of home. When we lean in we physically surrender and mentally engage ourselves with the idea that our time here on earth is but a dance on our way home, back to Him.
Come closer, lean in.
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