At One
There have been many times in my life, and still some today, when I fight reality. I want a different outcome. I desire for things to be different than they are. I pray for divine intervention to change the facts. What usually occurs are that the facts remain and all I have done is to create pain and disappointment for myself. It is said that what we resist, persists. What if instead of resisting, we accepted? Recently I was introduced to the Navajo word “Hozho.” It is the most important word in the Navajo language. Roughly translated it means peace, balance, beauty, and harmony. When you are one with and part of the world around you, it is said you are “in Hozho.” Here is how it shows up. Say there is a drought. Many of the modern religions would say to pray for rain. Instead, the Navajo hold a ceremony to help them be at peace with the drought, to be in harmony with the drought. Said another way,...
