“We work so hard to get somewhere, to realize a dream, to arrive at some destination, that we often forget that though some satisfaction may be waiting at the end of our endurance and effort, there is great and irreplaceable aliveness in the steps along the way.”
Step Onto A Path Worth Following
I started out imperfect and I strive to be her every day.
We are a world of unique and vibrant individuals, no 2 the same yet all sharing this journey. There are many aspects of this world that encourage you to disconnect and forget that you are here to have an adventure. You have been provided a work of art to exist within that will never be reproduced. You have the ability to turn into a work of moving art with the beat of your heart and the movement of your breath. Your mind can create the unknowable from an imagination that will never be seen by science, and your journey through life can be guided by all your senses to ensure that you continue expanding into the world until you realize the world could never contain you.……
So why allow those who would have you sit on the sidelines, to stop you from having the experience of living. The keys are in your hand, they always have been. You have everything you need within and you can change direction or add a new brush stroke whenever you want.
There is nothing you need to buy, wear, eat, do, say, own, to have experienced or seen… in order to be worthy of this life. You ARE the being we all should be so lucky to know. So instead of taking anymore time from your life to live up to some never attainable perfection, consider this…….
If you pause for a moment and breathe, maybe just maybe the noise around you will soften and you will be able to hear and feel what really matters - Not the number of likes you got on FB, not whether you have this seasons blue in your wardrobe - You will know when the weight of stress has stooped your shoulders, you will know the headaches aren’t a punishment deserved but rather a tight jaw. You will know your partner is not getting on your nerves because they are a bad person……you simply were forgetting to breathe and remember everything that you truly are.
We have been trained to look at the big picture, buy potent remedies, get tweaked, dyed, taken apart and put back together and trust that everyone knows what we need better than ourselves. What if, maybe, just maybe…it is the smallest things that will make the biggest difference; A breath, a smile, a pause before moving forward… and when you stop believing someone else has the magic elixir that will make everyone see how amazing you are, that is when the fog will lift and YOU will begin to see the amazing being you always were and are.
“No tree stands in the forest wondering if the rest of the forest thinks its bark too wrinkled, it’s branches too long or leaves too green. No....it sinks its roots deep and reaches for the sky...gathering strength from the wisdom of the old matriarchs. It doesn’t shrink as it undresses to the nakedness of autumn and it does not hide as the flow of its sap feeds life back to its body, and it thrives as it dresses in the finest layers of greenery. Lift your heart to the sky and let the winds of life lift your branches.
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