The sky first

Imagine a black V-shape on a piece of white paper. Most of us would say it looks like a bird in the sky.

But notice, we began with the bird. Not the vastness that holds it. What if we saw the sky first, and the bird as secondary?

What if we paid attention not to the fleeting mark, but to the open expanse it moves through?

This is the most important shift we can make in healing and recovery.

Peace is not found in the impermanent, in the constant activity within the mind or within life.

It is found in the still space that holds it all.

The sky is primary.
The bird comes and goes.

And the truth of who you are …
does not come and go.