Their heaven on Earth is so simple...

Hey beauty, 

I shared these words I wrote late last night on my insta and want to share them here. I am preparing to offer something which is the most precious of any offering I’ve ever offered ever ever (say offer one more time I dare ya). It’s all about a new devotion to our bodies, so we can fully receive our beautiful lives, our art, and our children. I’ll let this begin the opening ceremony. X

I sat there
7pm…. watching them
jump from the bed onto the beanbag
“Look at me mum!”
Over and over again,
they’d repeat the same trick
with so much energy
so much joy
not even icecream
could have lured them away
High, on my presence.
High, on my undivided attention
I sat, and watched
No big high pitched fake voice
OMG WOW YOU ARE SO AMAZING
Or some attempt to become
some kind of clown
to look super fun
to try and get on their level
No
they don’t want
or need that
Just presence
Just me, there, all there
Smiling
Watching
There
We forget that, we are their whole world
We have so much going on in ours
that we forget that
their heaven on earth
is so much simpler than ours…
It’s us, all there.
They don’t need
us to always be fun
on a level that isn’t natural
they just want
the absolute ecstasy
that is us,
fully there.
When my youngest curls into my boob
I hear the noise he makes
as if to say
this is the heaven on earth
I came here expecting.
We don’t get it
because our heaven on earth
has become complicated
Acreage
French linen
Greece
Etc
Theirs hasn’t
It’s simple
They’re born expecting it
No gadget
or cool thing
will ever compare to the
heaven on earth that is
us there, fully there
‘Look at me mum!’
Is their way of saying
‘Heaven on earth is here mum!’
Do you see me?
Do you see this?
Are you here?
Are you really here?
Don’t miss this, mum.

Peta Kelly