“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” — Oscar Wilde
There is beauty in recognizing the ways we are like others and also that no one else will ever hold our unique energy.
We are each here in our human experience like so many and within that, we are exquisitely singular. The way we grow into our fullness, choose how we lean into the light, and how we hold our shadows defines us in a particular way that creates a sort of splendor. It’s too exhausting to try to be anything other than what you are, dear one. Let yourself be at ease in your own energy so that others in resonance with that can find you more easily.
HOW LARGE IS YOUR HEART? from How to Fight by Thich Nhat Hanh
“The practice of inclusiveness is based on the practice of understanding, compassion, and love. With understanding and love you can embrace and accept everything, and everyone, and you don’t have to suffer, because your heart is large. How can we enlarge our heart? Increasing our understanding and compassion makes our heart grow greater. Each of us has to ask the question: is there anything that we can do to help us open the door of our heart and accept the other person? How large is our heart?”
As the moon grows into it’s fullest expression over the next few days, how too can we allow our fullest heart expression? What can you do to make allowance even for what you do not understand? Can you let love work beyond needing reason and comprehension? Imagine the world full of love and bliss, being in a state of your utmost radiance, and connecting in fullness with others. What does that look like? How do you feel? What sorts of things would you do and say? Why not do or say one of those things this week and see how it allows your heart to shine more fully.
“You can do it like it’s a great weight, or you can do it like it’s part of the dance.” — Ram Dass
Creation and growth are not only beautiful and joyful, but uncomfortable, sometimes difficult, and painful. Accepting and working with what is uncomfortable, what is hidden, what feels more natural to the shadow, can bring forth the most beautiful expressions when they’re ready for the light.
Presence and Positivity 