I am alive today

I am alive today.

In the past, I have envied the saints of yesteryear,

but I am alive today!

Is it any less possible to be enlightened/walk the path today?

What is in my heart has always been.

The value that I put on my self,

the attention that I give my self

is mine to give.

This attention is the gift that binds me to all that have ever walked this path,

to all that walk today, and who will walk tomorrow.

Have you ever written something totally inspired where it practically writes itself on the page? That’s what the first part of this post is and I am pretty sure that it is mainly for my benefit.

Inspiration can be a study all of it’s self. There is inspiration that seems to come like a gift and there is also inspiration that I tuck away in the little nooks and crannies of my being to be used when needed.

Beings who live in a desert know where all the water is. They plan their journeys around water access because they know what happens when water is not available. Even seeds in the desert know their dependence on water and plan their lives around it.

I am like that with inspiration and need a lot of it! Maybe some people are more adapted to living their life without it or with very little, but I am not one of them.

I was talking with a friend the other day. We were walking and she asked why don’t people do what they need to do to walk their path and I said, lack of inspiration. It is love and inspiration that help me in good and difficult times.

Inspiration can be simple, like, I know this, I have been here before, if I walk a few more steps just over the hill’s crest the path is lush and gorgeous and “easier”. It can also come in totally unexpected form like a beautiful being/teacher/mentor coming just for you, filling your space with love, encouraging you to know love inside your own self.

So, my question to myself today is, where is my inspiration?