I think Osho said it best, and so simply, as well:  “Be…don’t try to become.”

There is a subtle, yet profound distinction between the two. To be invokes a sense of ‘resting into’ the life we’ve been gifted; whereas, to become suggests that we are continuously seeking something outside of ourselves.

And yet, haven’t we all fallen into the trap of becoming?

We become transfixed by its labels—attaching ‘if only’ as a dangerous precursor to the condition of our happiness.

If only I had more money…a better job…less responsibility—I could finally be happy.

Like a dog chasing its tail—we never seem to find that which we are looking for.

“Drop the idea of becoming someone,” he continues. “Because you are already a masterpiece. You cannot be improved. You have only to come to it, to know it, to realize it.”

My darlings, life is only available to us in this present moment. To seek anything outside of it, always proves a dangerous endeavor. We have all that we need in this moment before us.

All of the wealth, all of the riches are right here before us – and, all that we ever really need to do is believe.

Because, in the end, my dearest darlings – the only true ‘condition’ to your happiness is you.

And you are already a magnificent masterpiece of being.