Flowing Cups

   I owe a big thank you to one of the "Greats," William Shakespeare. It was in his amazing play Henry V that I received a long over due answer to this very blog. My Title Name. I have stewed, processed, searched, asked and even melted in so many ways over the "naming" processes. It would have to be said, that naming my children came easier then naming this blog. So here we are; finally with "Flowing Cups".

What does it say to others? What does it mean to me? What could be understood by this very title?

        From one angle I saw the need to continually be flowing. If we could always say the cup is half full or half empty, we would than be actually saying it is always standing still, thus we would have a poor recipe for growth. Now if we were to say it is always flowing whether it be here, there and even runneth over, than that would  present to us a perfect atmosphere for growth.

    When something is flowing it is always refreshing, renewing, replacing and recharging our souls for new understanding and change that makes us great. When something is flowing it is spreading outward and most importantly through us and others. Think of a time when you moved through something. Now think of a time when something moved through you. When we move through something it tends to have less changing effects than when something moves through us. The piece somehow locates and finds it's place within us. They pair and marry with vision, hope, joy, peace, change and refining.

    So many of us carry armfuls of cups. At times we happen to take extra care of one and not the other. At times we play with them and use our cups and many times we even drop or break a cup. So what are these cups? What is in them? For some, they are:  tasks, responsibilities, joys, hobbies, children, talents, brilliance, discoveries, desires, knowledge, love, kindness - whatever we find that allows us to walk through our daily lives is what we carry in our individual cups.

    Without those things flowing through us we stop becoming and we stop being who we need to be today for tomorrow's successes of who we will become.

     From this place, I hope to grow and learn together and let flow through me to you the things that keep my "Flowing Cups" always changing. Allowing that which runneth over from my cups, flowing forward to bask in the beauty of the sun and warmth of your hearts, my dear friends. "Genshai"

 -  February 15th, 2011