It helps to remember that nothing about this experience of life and death is normal or ordinary.
I know that life can feel very ordinary sometimes,
Or disappointing.
It can feel very heavy,
It can feel boring or repetitive,
But you need not look any further than right outside your door to remember how magnificent this place and this experience really is.
None of us know how long we have here.
None of us know what comes after this.
And there isn't even anything that we're supposed to do while we're here.
The rules of life have been made up.
And still we often feel like we aren't doing enough or we aren't doing it right or we're wasting our time,
That we're making all the wrong choices or we're so afraid we're not making any choices at all.
But that's all in a response to the made up game of life.
All we really have to do is just enjoy the ride.
We just have to make whatever choices we want and stop judging ourselves.
Just let go of what you think your life is supposed to be and make choices from your heart.
Enjoy being in this great mystery.
Enjoy having a body,
Because we won't have it forever,
I do know that much.
It helps me to remember that I have a body and I have a mind that allows me to do all kinds of things while I'm here.
And that just blows me away.
I don't want to take this for granted.
I want to enjoy this,
Whatever it is.
I want to embrace the adventure.
I want to embrace the not knowing.
I don't want to be so hard on myself or waste time not loving.
I have so much more respect for life.
I have so much more respect for love.
After 39 years,
I have decided that the most important thing to me is love.
That is what I choose.
I choose my heart.
I choose my soul.
I choose life.
I choose peace.
I choose simplicity.
I choose gratitude.
I choose being love,
Because it just feels better in my body and it feels better to those around me.
I don't know what this is,
Or why any of us are here,
Or how we got here.
And I also know that it doesn't matter.
I'm here now,
And I want to feel happy about that.
I think one of the reasons we can get so bogged down by life is because we forget that it didn't have to be anything specific.
It can be whatever you want it to be.
You can do whatever you want.
There is no right or wrong way to do this.
You are free.
Let go of anything that is telling you otherwise.
Let go of any thoughts,
Ideas,
Stories,
Or beliefs that tell you otherwise,
And allow the purest part of you to guide you.
There are so many things in this world that weigh us down and stop us from being true to ourselves,
That stop us from trusting ourselves,
That stop us from choosing love and choosing peace.
But we can see when we stop being controlled by these outside forces,
We gain everything we've ever wanted.
The freedom to just be,
The freedom to exist,
To live.
It isn't about measuring up,
Or comparing ourselves,
Or what we have,
Or how much money we have,
Or what our title is,
Or what anyone thinks of us.
It's about feeling free,
Peaceful,
And happy in your life for you.
I know a lot of us really struggle with trusting ourselves.
I know I did for a very long time,
And I'm still working on that.
But what I've learned about that is that it was based on my fear to get it right.
I was so afraid I would make a wrong choice,
But you realize there are no wrong choices.
That's an unfortunate lie of this world.
I don't know where it started,
But it's not true.
And once you realize this,
It doesn't feel scary to trust yourself anymore,
Because you know you can't really mess up.
Life is about just trying it,
Even when you're unsure,
Even when you're scared.
That's what it's about.
Life is not about getting it right all the time.
That isn't living.
That's feeling stuck,
Or stagnant,
Or fearful,
Or small,
Or untrusting,
And that is not living.
That's not what you came here to do.
Trusting yourself is giving yourself permission to be the real you and to do what you want.
It's taking your power back and realizing no one knows what's best for you better than you do.
It's realizing you do know yourself,
And you are capable.
You're just as capable as anyone else,
Because that is just the truth.
No one is better or less than.
Popularity contests are also a lie,
And based on something that was manufactured for the intention of creating,
Better or worse than,
For the purpose of keeping some people down so others could feel better.
Again,
These are just unfortunate things that got created in our world,
But we don't have to subscribe to them and allow it to make us feel small.
Just believe in yourself.
Believe in your truth.
Believe in your heart.
Choose love.
Choose peace.
Choose to be amazed by the beauty of this place and the mystery of this place.
It is not ordinary.
This experience is so far from ordinary.
So when you start to feel like it's all just a waste,
When you start to feel like you don't know why you're here,
And it's too much,
And it's too heavy,
And you don't know what to do,
And you feel lost,
Just remember the truth.
The truth is that you live on a beautiful planet,
Floating in the middle of space,
And it's magnificent,
And nobody knows what happens when we die.
It's a mystery.
You live in a great,
Magnificent mystery,
Where anything is possible.
That is where you are right now.
There is nothing ordinary about this.
Everything is possible as well.
