“What if it doesn’t matter what you do but rather how you do whatever you do? How would this change what you do with your everyday life?

What if you could be more fully present and open-hearted working as a cashier in the corner store; able to really see and be with the people there, than you are when you are striving to do what you think will make a ‘more important contribution’ to the world? How would this change how you spend your precious moments on this Earth?

What if the fulfillment of your own happiness is not dependent upon discovering a better method of prayer or more perfect technique of meditation; not dependent upon reading the right book or attending the latest seminar; not even dependent upon any of our traditional definitions of success, but rather upon seeing and deeply appreciating yourself as you already are right now? How would this affect your search for personal growth?

What if there is no need for you to change at all; no need to try and transform yourself into someone who is more effective, more powerful, more joyful, more wise or more caring? How would this affect all the places in your life where you are endlessly trying to be ‘better’?

What if the essence of who you already are and always have been is more than enough? How would this affect how you view your past?

What if your task is simply to unfold; to become who you already are: gentle, kind, compassionate and fully capable of living passionately present in each moment of your life? How would this affect how you plan for your future ?

What if the primary question is not why am I so infrequently the person I wish I were, but rather why do I so infrequently want to be the person I actually am? How would this alter what you think you have to learn?

What if becoming who and what we truly are happens not through striving and trying to ‘improve’, but rather by recognizing and openly receiving the people, places and practices in our lives that offer us the warmth, the challenge and the encouragement we need to unfold? How would this shape your choices about how you are going to live your life today?”  ~ Unknown

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