Good morning,
Good morning,
Good morning,
Beautiful people.
So grateful for this moment,
So grateful for your existence,
So grateful for the ability to pray.
So before we open this prayer,
Let's just honor the silence for a few moments.
God,
I see you in everything and in everyone and it overwhelms me.
I am in constant awe of your love and your grace and your unwavering spectacle of miracles.
Sometimes the emotional body produces feelings and they're very fleeting and fickle and temporal and I am so very grateful for your presence in those moments as I am in every moment,
Especially those moments.
I'm so grateful that you ground me and root me in you.
I'm so grateful for each and every experience that I have had that has led me to this deeper knowing,
This deeper love,
This deeper expansion.
I am cracked wide open,
Fully exposed and I am grateful to know you.
The more we practice gratitude,
The more peaceful and joyous our life becomes.
Peace is a choice and I'm so grateful to choose it every day and I'm so grateful for these emotions.
I'm so grateful for these tears.
I'm so grateful for the crackle in my voice.
I'm so grateful to know that I'm always held by you and I know this to be true for myself,
Therefore I know it to be true for each and every single human being.
I get it.
I know that this human experience is tough at times.
I know that we experience so much,
But we must continue to come back to God.
We must continue to come back to who we are and we must continue to come back to love because that is the only reason that we were ever created.
God,
I am so grateful.
I'm grateful for the practice of prayer.
I'm grateful for the practice of yoga.
I'm grateful for the practice of silence and solitude.
I'm grateful for the sun and the rain as this rain this morning is bringing about a plethora of emotions.
I am grateful.
I am grateful to feel.
I am grateful to know that your healing capabilities are one with me,
That I have access to you fully.
I recognize that there's only you,
God.
There's only you.
And as I continue to surrender,
As I continue to release,
As I continue to become more aware,
My love for you grows deeper and deeper and deeper.
And I honor the unification that is present between you and me and between you and every other human being.
That is the one thing that we all have in common is God.
Regardless of what you think God looks like or the name that God wants to be called,
Spirit doesn't care about that.
Spirit just wants to have an intimate relationship with you in your heart.
So I recognize that the power and the presence of you,
God,
Is here as it always has been.
And that we as your children get to choose.
And that we must choose you because you choose us.
You chase us down.
Your love is reckless.
The love of God is illogical.
The love of God makes absolutely no sense to the logical mind,
Which is why we try to put God in a box.
And every time God breaks free.
And so let us honor where we are spiritually,
Mentally,
Emotionally,
Physically,
Financially,
And relationally.
Observing that I miss my mother so very much.
Observing that there's people in my life that I miss dearly.
And also observing that they're not in my life for many reasons.
But that doesn't mean that the miss is not there or that the love is not there.
And so I just give thanks for the tears as they fall down my face.
I give thanks for the subtle sounds of the birds outside of the windows.
I give thanks for Zen as she is always present with me.
I give thanks for the sounds of the rain as it falls from the sky.
I give thanks for my breath.
I give thanks for you.
Knowing that I am you and you are me.
We may look different,
We may talk different,
We may have different thoughts,
Feelings,
Beliefs.
But I know that we are here to continue to transcend belief into knowing.
Because our souls already know.
So in this moment I just want you to know that you are loved,
You are seen,
You are prayed for,
You are respected,
You are honored.
And wherever you are in your life,
Maybe you're going through some financial hardships,
Maybe you're going through a divorce,
Maybe something's come up with your kids,
Maybe you're taking care of a loved one,
Maybe you recently experienced the transition of a loved one.
Whatever it is that you're facing,
God is bigger.
God is bigger.
And Spirit loves you more than you can ever imagine.
Prayer,
God,
Love,
It's always here.
It's right here and we have access to it all of the time.
God knows your heart.
God knows your soul.
So continue to surrender into the one that created you,
Into the one that created me and created us all.
I thank you for listening.
I thank you for witnessing me and being witnessed by me.
I especially thank you for witnessing me this morning as the tears and the emotions flow freely.
One thing that you'll always get from me is exposed rawness and vulnerability.
I release this prayer,
Release these words and these tears.
I thank you,
God,
For everything that you are,
For everything that you've always been and for everything that you will always continue to be.
I release this prayer by saying,
And so it is,
I love you,
God,
I love you,
Spirit,
For everyone and anyone listening and not listening,
I love you as well,
Beyond measure.
Honor yourself,
Be honest with yourself,
Honor your tears,
Honor the joy and the fundamental goodness that is present.
I love you all so very much.
Have a beautiful,
Beautiful day.
