How do we tend to our moments, my loves?

With the intention and capacity to offer joy from our heart? With cherished reverence for this life and our purpose?

Or, do we allow the current of ‘busyness’ to sweep us away?

All too often, we rush through our paces — we forget to rest within the gentle pauses, to embrace the simplicity of this day. It’s this simplicity that helps to clear our vision, to free us from the burden of a restless heart — and, to demonstrate the greater beauty in our lives.

Much like the simplicity of a Zen master’s painting – the brush stroke can never be forced; rather, it must embody the fluidity of an effortless grace.

Just as the candle risks to illuminate the darkness; and the heron risks to grace the dawn.

We, too, must ‘risk’ for peace of mind.

And, this simplification is, in and of itself, it’s own practice, my loves — engaged in those moments when we most fear we’ll lose our center. Quite often, the noise of our modern life makes it difficult to ‘hear’ — that inner voice, crying out for the comfort of heart.

“Our life is frittered away by detail,” shares Thoreau. “What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us.”

Indeed, that we might ensure these ‘distractions of heart’ — are displaced by the rhythm of a life, fully lived.

In peace, my loves…

And, on this day I wish you the blessing of an effortless inner peace.

Namaste