Right Here. Right Now. You are Enough.

So often, we don't feel good enough.  So often, we have terrible regret about something, or feel unforgivable, or even unlovable.  And this is the trance or trap that keeps us stuck.  This belief that we are separate and unworthy.  This idea that we have to be something other than who we are.  This idea that we are not good enough until we reach some goal.  This fear or shame that we are flawed or undeserving.  This idea that perfect exists.  

But this is simply not true.  The metaphors that come to me are: 'the wound is where the healing happens'; and 'the crack is where the light comes in'.  Tara Brach says that we start to become tender to our vulnerability and this is where great wisdom and compassion can enter.  We have to stop running, and come back to ourselves.  David Wilcox sings, "will we ever land a man on Earth, instead of blasting off to space?" What if you knew that you are exactly where you need to be in this moment right now?

Can we remember that it's normal to experience a range of emotions?  It is our human condition to feel.  We will have moments of deep sadness, fear, anger,    happiness, peace and love.  We have to think of emotions as passing visitors rather than permanent residents.  There's nothing wrong with you if you are full of emotions.  It is a normal part of being human.  Our feelings can guide us.  Can we accept the waves of thoughts and emotions that rise and fall?  Can we sit with ourselves in the discomfort and find compassion within ourselves, knowing we are not alone?  Knowing we are all connected?  Knowing that we are all loved?  Knowing this-is all part of our journey and experience?  Maybe it's an opportunity to connect to something deeper within yourself.  Or with someone else by sharing your vulnerability.

Carl Rodgers says that "the curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change."  It's okay to strive for healthy goals, but just know that at each point in your journey, you are enough.  You are whole and complete just as you are.  You many notice imperfections, judgments, impulses, etc. but hold those things with kindness and compassion.  The practice of radical acceptance naturally leads to a shift by removing the blocks or fear and unworthiness.  Do you love and accept yourself completely in this moment as you are?  The irony is that it is a process with no end point.  Rather than having a linear road map, we are unfolding into wholeness.  Like a blossom.