Today.

Breathe. Inhale. Exhale. Close your eyes. Inhale. Exhale.

Come. Sit. Be.

It seems like life is always in constant motion, doesn't it? Like we can't seem to get to the next thing fast enough. We are constantly doing this and then that and the other thing and don't forget about the thing that one person asked you to do and you said yes because they really needed you...

Right? Constant motion. And it isn't that they are bad things that we are moving to and from. Not at all. We are moving from jobs and school and time with family and friends. We are moving to conversations and picnics and cooking dinners and exercise and sunsets. They're all good things. It's just that there are a lot of them.

Breathe.
Come. Sit. Be.

Come, dear one. Come and rest. Come and take a sweet moment to center yourself. Find the quiet space in you that does not fight to the top, but waits patiently for you to open your heart and let it fill you with peace. Come and rest. Come, be here with me in this moment.

The more I live every day, I understand that life is not about finding moments of quiet rest, but creating them. Take the time to bring yourself to be fully present precisely where you are. Each second is ticking by and we are moving through the only life we have. We worry about tomorrow's agenda and miss the shooting stars. We stress about the next pay check and we forget to listen to the breeze that is longing to run its fingers through your hair, the earth that is longing to feel the soles of your feet. We miss the sweet melody of raindrops and the dance of the clouds across the skies. These are the moments that life is made of... a string, moment added to moment added to moment. Breathe them in, dear, for they are slipping, slipping, slipping.

Find those wells of peace that exist within the moments you are given. When you begin looking, you see them more and more, I promise. You will find that life will fill you with small surprises that, when they are strung together, make a necklace far more beautiful and longer lasting than the bad things that come our way. Savor the unexpected smiles, the sunrise that means another chance; go put the star in staring over. Dip your feet in the ocean... even if it is the pond on the sidewalk. Splash and act like the four-year-old that lives inside of you. Let yourself have that moment. Sit in a cozy chair by a window and read your favorite book in the entire world. People-watch and sip your coffee as slowly as you want to. Soak in the rays of sunshine as they illuminate the creases that worry has left behind. Relax and watch those lines fade. Sing a song, dance around your living room, close your eyes and stop in the middle of a crowd and know that this moment... this one you are living right now... this moment is yours. And no one can take it from you. This second is the sweetest of gifts left especially for you to discover. So go. Experience it. Soak it in through your pores. Inhale. Exhale. Let this glorious moment fill your lungs to bursting.

When you start living like that, life starts to feel more and more like a love song.

You start to believe that maybe, just maybe, they weren't so wrong when they told you how beautiful the world was. And that, when you get down to it, people can be really, really good.

I know that so many things have let you down. But stick with me. We'll make it.

There's beauty in the chaos.


Breathe.
Be.

-S.