The Power of Two

Two is a magic number.  I used to feel that it was inconsequential - my own "little" relationships with one other person.  What does it really matter to the universe if I am in love, if my daughter and I sit and have a heartfelt conversation spread out with our cats at the end of the day, if I wave at a neighbor? 

But today I'm remembering that classic metaphor of a pebble in a pond, how one bit of movement eventually reverberates throughout the entire pond.  I haven't posted here in a while.  Health issues have gotten in the way, the business of daily life, and an erroneous sense that it may not matter much - I should spend my time working on the next publishable book - like these blogs don't count as publication.  Maybe only one other person is reading them.

It only takes two - though.  Me and one other reader, two people in an interaction to make a synergistic change in the structure of what is happening everywhere.  Two people can stir the pot.  Two hearts beating love can change infinity. 

Two is enough.  Two is all we need to turn pain into joy.  Two is expansive.

(The picture is of artist Pat Olchefski-Winston and my teacher Erich Schiffmann in the yoga room in Montana.)