Loving What Is

When I think of all the people I’ve admired most, the ones that really stand out are those who seem to really like themselves. These are the ones who have a softness about them—a simple, gentle power. They seem to laugh a lot, laughter woven throughout their words as if life is a really fun place to be.

It is natural to want to change things, to make the world or even ourselves a bit better. Yet, the ironic thing is that the only way to change is through acceptance. When we wrap ourselves in a loving celebration of all that is, those quiet places within us that we yearned to make different suddenly begin transmuting themselves, without any additional interference from us.