The Art of Being.

“The flower does not try to become the sun; it already is the sun. It does not try to become a tulip; it already contains the qualities of tulip within it. When you achieve this insight, you stop suffering. We suffer because we want to deny ourselves. We want to become something else, and so…we never stop running.”

Oh my goodness, what an inspirational passage this morning by the venerable Thích Nhất Hạnh. That is to say, in life we have realistically just two options – to learn to be still, or to simply run away.

In running away, we lose the opportunity to connect with our heart, and understand its interrelationship with all living beings.

It is, perhaps, our most sacred discovery – to uncover the very essence of ‘connection.’

My darlings, we shouldn’t feel compelled to be the sun – as, we are *already* the sun. Filled with the fire of one thousand Universes, with the mission of ‘just simply being.’

Now, isn’t that simply the most wondrous release? That we are all and everything, at once – with no need to be anything but ‘me.’

It’s time to look deeply, my darlings. To take pause, to consider – to breathe.

“Everyday we are engaged in a miracle which we don’t even recognize.” he writes. “a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child – our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

My darlings, it’s about time you opened your eyes…. and realized…

That you are both beautiful…AND…you are loved.

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Tara Lemieux is a mindful wanderer, and faithful stargazer. Although she often appears to be listening with great care, rest assured she is most certainly‘forever lost in thought. She is an ardent explorer and lover of finding things previously undiscovered or at the very least mostly not-uncovered.

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