"Be here as you are, let life come to you as it is and say 'Yes!' to it. No matter what shows up in life, remain vulnerable, real and honest. There is nothing to resist; nothing to avoid; trust the strength in you that is sizeless."
- Christine Wushke
- Christine Wushke
I read this quote every morning before I begin my day. Months ago I agreed to say "YES!" to life, I am discovering now that saying YES does not only include the 'good' things in life. It also encompasses the 'bad' and the 'ugly'. There are a lot of questions still, why do these things happen? Why to me? What do they mean? I have slowly begun to stop questioning and to simply accept. I have begun to see the balance in allowing things to simply be as they are and that the situation that seems dire has two sides, just as the situation that seems good has two sides. In allowing myself to say yes, I say yes to feeling everything. Happiness, heartache, love, loss, anger, optimism, sadness.... the list goes on. Sometimes it's not pretty, but there is still a divine and complete beauty in that alone. So many of these lessons are coming together now, feeding off each other, intertwining into complex, yet simple, maps, codes and pictures that are all defining me, yet at the same time, they are each individual and perfect and amazing... and yet the simply are as they are, just as a circle is never ending, but it still must have a beginning and an end.
I am beginning to believe that saying YES to life is simply allowing life to become acceptable to you, not sweating the small stuff, but still willingly feeling every emotion. It is allowing things to work out on their own, but also taking an active role in helping them to do so. All in all I believe it is realizing the Paradox of life it's self, the perfect balance, that is also perfect imbalance.
