M = Move

I took a class on writing from Annis at Art and Spirituality and she gave all of us in the class a one word prompt to write on with a time limit.  The prompt word was “move.”  I wrote about the many literal moves I have made and others were less literal and wrote about transitions, abstract concepts of moving, and it was extremely interesting to hear their takes on the word “Move.”  We so love and cherish differences and the input they offer our little mind!  The word move has been presented to us again, this time from a neighbor above us that wants us to literally move.  He left a note with the one word at our door.  We laughed.  What else can you do?  So this word has been on our mind a lot.

In a literal sense, to move is to put one foot in front of the other, or be subjected to the body’s involuntary propulsion constituting “moving.”  It is also to pick up your belongings, and transport them and yourself to another location.  This body moves constantly.  So does yours.  You breathe, don’t you?  Air in.  Air out.  Movement.  Your heart beats—movement.  And you better hope it keeps moving!  And then there are the kids and adults who have to keep the leg jiggling, that hand tapping, that constant movement that actually soothes them into inner quietness.

There is also that packing of belongings, taking yourself and all you own to a new place—new to you, anyway.  So you transport yourself and your belongings—you move.  But it is more than physical in the sense that when you move from one physical environment to another, you inwardly move also.  What you had on one wall in your former abode, you now have to place strategically on another wall in another place.  It’s importance and significance may also shift/move in your perception.  New ideas and decorations shift into the new place as you move.  You understand and accept these kinds of movement as natural affects and consequences in life.

Then there is another way to move.  I love to think of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., when I think of the movement he challenged us all to make.  He referred to inner movement towards higher thinking, acceptance, equality, and so many values that need to be a part of our daily lives.  We need to move toward open mindedness, which also includes allowing each person to move as rapidly—or as slowly—as they need to.  But he adds, they must keep moving.  

Movement is advancement.  It can be positive or negative.  It is within our power to choose and act.  Movement is powerful, either way.  We see it in our current world and the people who make decisions that affect us all.  We see it in the way we move toward one thing or another.

We are going to move.  That is a fact.  It is indisputable.  WE decide how fast, how slow, toward what and who, which ideas to advance or try to bury.  Thank you, Annis.  What a word!  Now what will we MOVE toward and to in our hearts and minds?