got it

today, suddenly, a spiritual lesson that i've heard over and over again made sense.

now. this is it, the only possible moment to believe in your own divinity. the only possible moment to realize that this is your life. right now. this is it. make it what you want. there is no other moment. there is nothing to wait for. this is it.

got it.

sheik nazim hit me on the head and told me to dance. i had to travel (literally) half way around the world to be given the lesson i already knew to be true. dance. now.

got it.

tonight i drove to eugene and remembered: this is it. this is my life. this moment. enjoy it. don't sit on the side lines. don't be a wallflower. dance. right now. dance.

got it.

fall in love. fall in love with everything. love your children and your mate and your friends and your parents and this dear goofy community you're part of. let them be themselves. their stuff is their stuff. let them work on their own divine lessons. ask them to dance once in a while.

got it.

i'm not always graceful. i stumble and do goofy things. i fall loudly. people laugh at me/with me. i like to pop bubbles, crack gum, make loud noises in quiet places. this is me: the divine is working something out loudly. i am exactly what the divine needs in this moment.

got it.

now. not next week. not on vacation. not after the next retreat. not after the next lesson. no reason to postpone enlightenment. enlightenment is now. this breath. this one.

got it?