Not that long ago someone posted an article of mine, What To Do When You Don’t Know What to Do.  She had lost a lot of work through a computer issue, and was blue about it.  In commenting to her I had said something along the lines of “Sometimes we need to loose who we think we are in order to become who we are truly meant to be.”

Today, someone hacked into one of my favourite Forums and deleted a number of profiles, including mine.  Everything I have ever written there was lost.  My forum posts.  Blog posts.  Friends.  All of it.  I completely disappeared!

They managed to recover my profile, but that’s it.  I’ve been found, but I’m just a shell.

Or…

I’m an open vessel.

Really, with every single experience, we do have choices.  We can walk around our situation and look at it from many angles.  Are there angles that feel better?  Are there angles with more information? Are there angles you can see/feel better from?

Certainly an “Open Vessel” feels much more appealing than “Just a Shell”.

In the big scheme of things, loosing my data from a forum is not really a tragic experience.  I’ve had more life affecting experiences than that. BUT…it did happen. 

What if I used this situation to serve me?

I am an Open Vessel.  What shall I fill myself up with?

What are those things that bring me joy?

What are those things that give me a sense of purpose?

What are my values?

What kind of a Vessel am I?  Do I hold certain things, and others pass on through? 

Am I a clear vessel?

What Vibration am I tuned to?

After all, I am an Open Vessel.  I get to choose!

What do you choose?