Saying Yes

I will say yes to trusting the unfolding of life, the joyful and the painful moments. Yes to trusting that what I need to know, or do, or not do in response to what life offers up will become clear, in time, through that trust. 

I will trust my capacity to be in the presence of my own discomfort and pain. 

I will trust that the passage of time brings with it changes – in me, in my perspective, in my circumstances – that enable me to live through each moment, moment by moment. 

I will trust my capacity for patience, for clarity, for healing. 

I will trust that by tending to my own wounds with care and compassion, I am also tending to the wounds all around me – the wounded I know and don’t know, those alive and those departed. 

I will trust that by giving my care, understanding, and acceptance, I am also receiving these gifts. And when I lack the capacity to offer these gifts to others, I will offer them to myself so that I may feel replenished, so that I may offer these gifts forward. 

I will trust that the sense of urgency that arises in me is a signal to pause, rather than to act. 

I will trust that not knowing is a signal that it is not yet time to know. 

I will trust that there is a flow to life, that I cannot know or control.  

What I can do is remain present, aware, and receptive so that I may sense the soft way this flow brushes against my being.