A morning pep talk

Stop panicking when it is time to write and just write

Stop trying to deliver a message and just write

Stop trying to conceal from others and just write

Remember I cannot always hit a home run

Sometimes others are meant to

Stop trying to please everyone because not everyone is meant to be pleased

Stop trying to be everything to everyone because not everyone is meant to be in my space

There will be times when I cannot accomplish much because I am not meant to accomplish much

And then there will be other times when everything falls into place

What I have to learn to accept is everyone and everything that comes into my life is there to teach me about me and about life

To force me to either be the teacher or the student

The giver or the receiver

And it is up to me to be able to distinguish between whether I am the teacher

Or whether I am being taught

Not always trying to be right but being willing to accept sometimes there is no right answer

And more importantly there is no wrong answer

Sometimes it just is what it is

And there are no explanations

No reasons

No justifications

Each one of us has a role to play

And if we are honest

Each one of us has multiple roles to play

We are one way one second

And another way the next

But what is consistent is what is within us

That little niggling feeling that never goes away

That feeling that tries to alert us to the path we are to take

That little voice of reason that goes off in our heads

The one that we often override because we want to do what we want to do

Rather than what we are best doing

And when we override that niggling feeling

The consequences always come back to bite us

To refocus us

To ask us to remember why we are here

And who we are

So I need to just be who I am

Whenever I can

Not for reconnection

Not for accolades

But just for giving back and then stepping back

For receiving the gifts of the Universe

As they are meant to be received

And sharing them with those who so choose to accept them

Including myself

And that is why I write

So I can find the light

And surrender to it

Embrace it

Allowing me to stop panicking and just write

From the heart

With love and light

Namaste