Welcome to a hit of hope.
Here is your life.
Here is your day.
Here is this minute.
This breath.
This heartbeat.
You might encounter the ordinary today.
A line at the bank.
A meeting at work.
You might be waiting today for a phone call with the results.
For the brambles inside to quit tearing you in all of your tender places.
You might be wondering today,
What's the point?
How much longer can I bear this?
You might hurt,
Embody,
Mind,
Spirit.
The thing is,
There is no magic wand.
There is only you and this moment.
Breathe in.
Breathe out.
We can approach life with striving and force.
With anxiety and despair.
No matter what we encounter,
Harder,
Faster,
More.
Be afraid.
Give up.
But is that who and how you want to be?
Instead,
Nurture a sense of abundance.
I have enough.
I am enough.
Dwell on your goodness.
Your gifts.
Celebrate the beautiful,
The whimsical.
Whether that's a birthmark that you bear or a flower that you see.
Feed your capacity for hopefulness.
Your tendency for gratitude.
Let go of grasping,
Forcing,
Controlling.
Be a part of the bigger story.
The common good.
Let go of whatever is getting in the way of that.
Choose here.
Choose now.
Are you going to decay?
Or will you grow?
Namaste.