Live In The Light Of Your True Self

The moment your eyes are open sees the day.

Would you hold back when the beloved beckons?

Would you deliver your litany of sins like a child's collection of seashells prized and labeled?

No,

I can't step across the threshold you say eyes downcast.

I'm not worthy.

I'm afraid.

My motives aren't pure.

I'm not perfect and surely I haven't practiced nearly enough.

My meditation isn't deep and my prayers are sometimes insincere.

I still chew my fingernails and the refrigerator isn't clean.

Do you value your reasons for staying small more than the light shining through the open door?

Forgive yourself.

Now is the only time you have to be whole.

Now is the sole moment that exists to live in the light of your true self.

Perfection is not a prerequisite for anything but pain.

Please,

Oh please,

Don't continue to believe in your disbelief.

This is the day of your awakening.

O God,

Forgive me.

I breathe in all that is.

Awareness expanding to take everything in.

As if my heart beats the world into being.

From the unnamed vastness beneath the mind.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

Inhalation,

Exhalation.

Each breath a yes and a letting go.

A journey and a coming home.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

It only takes a reminder to breathe.

A moment to be still.

And just like that,

Something in me settles.

Softens,

Makes space for imperfection.

The harsh voice of judgment drops to a whisper.

And I remember again that life isn't a relay race.

That we will all cross the finish line.

That waking up to life is what we are born for.

As many times as I forget,

Catch myself charging forward without even knowing where I'm going.

That many times I can make the choice to stop.

To breathe.

And to be.

And walk slowly into the mystery.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.

I breathe my way to wholeness and healing.