Adventures at Rasa Ranch #39

8/22/02 "Preparing for the Birth - Part 4"

Lying on the grass looking up through the big branches of oaks to the
sky, my hands wandered to my swollen middle as I felt a little
someone slowly begin to stir from the inside. "Hi Baby," I said,
smiling, as I followed a knee across with my fingertips. A wave of
joy enveloped me as the image of holding this little one in my arms
very soon came to my mind.

This birthing process is only going to happen once with this child, I
thought. Only once. Rather than regarding it as something to
endure, to cope with, or to manage, why not see it as something to
cherish? Surely, in all of its drama, it is going to come and it is
also going to go. I wonder what it would be like to really make the
most out of the experience, to appreciate it, to honor it somehow.
What would it feel like to truly Be There for every moment of it: to
meet it, to embrace it?

I would really like to know.