Life

Life is full of detours

Pit stops

Unexpected stops

Expected stops

Changes

And altered plans

To help direct us

Where we need to be

Life is ever-changing

Never static

Even when we believe nothing is happening

Something is always happening

Changing

Growing

Expanding

Right before our eyes

But because we are often looking for something big

Something large

Something extraordinary

We miss out on the small changes that are happening

Every single day

In very simple

But significant ways

Flowers blooming

Birds singing

Rain

Sun

Wind

Light

Dark

People happy

Some sad

People marrying

Some separating

Babies born

Elderly people moving on

Life is always changing

Always offering us opportunities

To renew

To change

To be reborn

When we accept

Life is as we make it

Believe it

Envision it

Life is constantly providing for us

Guiding us

Hinting to us

And when we don’t listen

Smacks us in the face

Knocks us down

To enable us to remember

Who we are

And what we are

To show gratitude

For everything that happens in our lives

Life is beautiful

Magical

Intimidating

Frightening

Glorious

Spontaneous

It is as we see it

Live it

Dwell in it

Life just is

As are we

So what we need remember

Is the only thing

That is standing still

Is us

Never life

We are the only ones who stop

Because life does not

It goes on

Eternally

With or without us

So it is up to us

To embrace it

To keep moving

To keep believing

To keep living

For we are the gifts of life

Living

Breathing

Growing

Every single day

In very simple ways

Not to be taken for granted

Not to be ignored

Life truly is beautiful

Enchanting

Rewarding

And abundant

We are life itself

Living

Breathing

Growing

Every single day

In simple but profound ways

Namaste