“What you are comes to you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Moving through what we fundamentally believe is our life’s journey, can be conflicted, convoluted, mired, disjointed and beyond our comprehension in any given moment. At times, it feels as if we may be experiencing someone else’s life . . . not ours. If this is true, how then is it possible to formulate the tenets of our substantive existence? The response to this question may be in the words of Friedrich Nietzsche, “The person lives most beautifully who does not reflect upon existence.” I was reminded of this quote by numerous family, friends and loved ones, as they reflected on the recent passing of a family member, whose life manifested a continuum of humility, charity, gratitude, honor, respect, character, principle and profound love of country.
Living in the present conscious awareness of each moment, infuses our essence with the responsible accountability of who we are, and serves a purpose greater than ourselves. As we mature through the choices we make and the circumstances that follow, we begin to ”live each moment, knowing that finality may be just a breath away.”
Within each of us exists everything we need to become a source of our own healing, transformation and illumination. We can become as stated by Caroline Myss, “Mystics without monasteries.” We can connect with our source that has always existed, becoming the vessel of grace and a touchstone of our own reflective wisdom.
In that moment which is gifted to all of us, as we become the path of our life’s journey, the essence of who we are will return to us . . . reflecting a purpose greater than ourselves, punctuated with profound gratitude. JLR