“You practice asking for what you want to get to know yourself. And you practice accepting what you’re given to get to know everything that is not you.” — Mark Nepo
Everything that has happened in your life has brought you here, to this exact moment, exactly as you are.
That time you got exactly what you wanted. That time you didn’t.
When you met that person who wronged you. When you met that person who saved you.
That time you tripped and fell in that precise position (literally or metaphorically) which allowed you to experience that specific injury (physically or emotionally or both).
When you took what you thought at the time was a detour, only to find out it was the path itself.
That time you “wasted” in that relationship or that job or that frame of mind, only to realize it wasn’t wasted at all, but rather absolutely crucial in order for you to be able to step into this moment with this mind, this body, this unique history, this understanding.
All of it happened and is happening exactly as it must to bring you back home — to uncover an intimate relationship with, to remember a deep understanding of, and to fortify the unbreakable connection with yourself and everything around you.
With this practice of asking and accepting, not only does the line which delineates what you want and what you’re given blur, but also the distinction between you and everything that is not you dissipates; you experience the oneness.
When we have faith and surrender, abandon our resistance and fear, live with gratitude, try a little less and allow a little more (not because we’ll necessarily get what we want, but because regardless of our feelings about it, we’ll get exactly what we need), we step into the ever-present flow. We step into our light and awaken to unity.
Krystal Barschig 