The Wholeness of Life

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