the juicy years

I don't think I fully embodied ACCEPTANCE until recently. I could have.  Lately it has risen up organically, from a deep place within me. It's not a conscious feeling but one that settles in my being like a knowing. Enveloping me like a favourite, winter coat. I've wondered whether other people recognise acceptance, or do they live it without question?  I've been subtly drawn to notice this state because it has been a gentle gift. I don't believe I could live my life as it is now, without this feeling of acceptance. Does it unfold as one fully surrenders to life? Or is it a result of growing older? Of mellowing into my bones despite my circumstances. Or perhaps it's because I've travelled this road for so long that it transcends any fear.  And said Yes to life, whatever it is. In the past I usually had my eye on the future, even though I did my best to be present to the moment. I still have goals for the future, but know that there is a grea...

How do we sustain ourselves in times of change and uncertainty?                                                                                                                                                               Some of my followers would know about my challenges of late, so I'll share how I've come to this place now, of surrender.   Surrender doesn't mean weakness, or giving up. It's a space where you let go of pushing for an outcome, or wanting to know why, or how things will turn out. When my life made a roundabout turn, I had to remind myself daily to be so very present. I was...