Today around noon…I went for a run. It’s been a couple of weeks since I’ve been able to…struggling with an injury to my calf sustained…not by running, dancing, playing or anything wild and crazy like that.. No! I got a strained calf from…of all things…wearing high heels.
The sun was bright and the humidity of summer that had gone on vacation for a few days was boldy shouting out another “I’m here” as the door slammed behind me on my way out.
I love to run. The solace. The quiet. The offering of myself to the movement, the air around me and the path ahead. Somewhere on that run today I tossed up a request…send me something today. I’m having a tough go of it lately and could use some comfort…send me a little something that will say “I’m here” and I will know why and breathe it in.
About four this afternoon, I received a phone call from a friend…someone who doesn’t typically land on the W&F side…that would be warm and fuzzy…someone who has actually described himself as steely and stubborn. “I wanted to read this to you, because it reminded me of you.” I prepared for some launch into the more classic “you can do this” or “get up and get going” kind of diatribe…when he started into this.
“It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for, and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing.”
It took only these first few words to reveal the “I’m here”…the words I had asked for during my run were coming in through the front door, carried in by the least likely of messengers.
He continued.

Wonder if maybe you…yep the one who made it to the very end of this essay and is grateful you did, might have asked for an unlikely messenger to bring this message in from the heat and humidity to refresh, invigorate and remind…because you, needed it, requested it. You opened the door and let it in.
5 thoughts on “Day 27: Be Careful What You Ask For”
Molly,
I read the entire “Be Careful What You Ask For” message with an open mind.
At the risk of sharing an answer that might seem simplified…
Simply put, “I am grateful for YOU!”
Greg
I love that piece – a friend of mine gave me a notebook with that inscribed in it!! 🙂 I so needed to read this today. I’m in NY for grad school, not sure I really want to be here, although it’s something I’ve worked so hard for. Be careful what you wish for, indeed.
I have always found this reading/meditation a powerful ‘stop me in my tracks/mind’ piece. I’ve shared it often in the retreats I facilitate and with those who come to sit with me to share the movement of Spirit in their lives and how the Mystery I call God might be nudging them forward to a door waiting for them to step through into something or some way of being that is new and life-giving. Thanks for this, Molly.
This is amazing, Molly! This is exactly what I needed right now. Thanks!
I look forward to connecting with you once you are out in the big world!!!