I believe that we learn about life not just from formal
education but also from our everyday life interaction. There are lessons to be
learned through nature, relationships and daily observations, if we just tune
ourselves into the multiple messages being spoken to us every day. My husband
and I were travelling to an appointment when all of sudden there seemed to be
traffic. He noticed that we were being funneled and channeled into one lane and
this bottleneck was the cause of us slowing down and delaying us to get to our
desired destination on time.
In his frustration he asked more to himself but still out
loud “Why is the road only one lane on such a busy street?” As I surveyed the area more thoroughly I
realized that they were expanding the road and that to do so they had to
contain the lanes so they could have enough room for the expansion process.
They were going from two lanes to four lanes but before that they had to go to
only one lane. As I shared this out loud I also said “So everyone has to go
through a small space and the inconvenience for a short time so that later
there would be a larger space after the work is completed”.
My husband got a hold
of this internally and with me being a Doula he gave an example that really
resonated with me. He said “It's kind of
like when a baby is being born, they start off small and then they grow until
they fill the space and then they go through a small space (birthing canal) to
be able to come out to the world which is a much wider space”
This spoken
revelation was awesome because it spoke about how growth happens in many areas
in our lives. As human beings we all usually get frustrated when we feel we are
being slowed down or channeled in any given area. It may be happening in our
business, personal life or even spiritual growth. When sometimes in actuality what truly is
occurring is the “growth expansion process”. For us to be able to come out into wide-open spaces sometimes we have to
go through a narrow space so for a time we may feel confined as we prepare to
be birthed into something much bigger. This uneasy, unfamiliar, messy,
uncomfortable and sometimes even painful place may cause many of us to want to
make a U-turn or even plan an easy exit route. But there is a purpose in the
process! A plan in the pain! A destiny
in the delay! We must begin to trust
that we will get to our destination on time and that there is a reason for what
we are going through.
There are now proven studies that children that are brought
into the world by C-section, which is sometimes a short cut into the world,
though may sometimes be necessary, may start life with insufficient intestinal
bacteria flora (microbiomes). These bacteria are known to play a part in
protecting children from developing allergies and children who lack them may be
at higher risk of other health problems.
During a regular vaginal birth infants come in contact with
a rich dose of their mother’s bacteria as they are pressed through the birth
canal. C-section babies don’t get this exposure, which is likely to be vital in
developing the immune system and helping it to mature.
When we relate this process to our everyday life we see that
even the things we don’t understand while we are going through this tight
confined space that they will eventually help to make us stronger and more
immune when we come out into the bigger wider open spaces. If we do not
struggle or resist, or try to circumvent the process no matter how difficult it
may seem. If we yield, resist the fear and just let nature take its course,
then and only then will we enter the other side from one lane to four lanes of
wide open space and freedom.
