Category: Mindfulness

Life is not all about growth.

Life is not all about obtaining goals.

Life is not all about self-improvement.

But, to live is to also regress.

To live is to also fail.

To live is to also suffer.

And to have wholeness, we must accept the wholeness of life.

Effort and surrender.

Action and acceptance.

Yin and Yang.

Let all things return to balance.

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;  and wisdom to know the difference.” ~ Reinhold Niebuhr

Plato said, “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”

Nowadays, everyone is an expert on life.

What does this show?

It shows that we live in a world that lacks understanding.

When we humble ourselves and acknowledge that we don’t know, that is when we will be enlightened.

Let all things return to balance.

“To know, is to know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.” ~ Socrates

Look at the trees. They’re barren. They’re empty. They look dead.

However, these trees are not dead. They’re full of life.

What you see is the season they’re currently in.

They’re in a season of barrenness.

They’re in season of emptiness.

They’re not trying to rush through their current season either.

They’re still and at peace.

Because they know it won’t always be this way.

They know they have a greater purpose to fulfill.

They know they will again flourish.

So like these trees, despite your current season of barrenness and emptiness, you too have life within you.

You have a greater purpose to fulfill.

There’s still hope for a brighter future and in due season, you too will flourish.

Be still.

Be at peace.

Learn from nature.

Let all things return to balance.

“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” ~ Lao Tzu