The Cracks and Crevices of Life As It Is

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The arrival of the sun each morning is a time of curious hope for me. I watch the night sky become day through a shift from midnight dark blue to increasingly lighter blue streaked with shades of red, orange, and yellow. Next the yellow orb slips up the horizon. With the arrival of the sun, the sky is now the shade of daylight blue.

No longer am I wrapped in the complacent darkness that often feels safe and secure but very unsatisfying. Both the new day and I am exposed. In the cheerful presence of the rising sun, I am invited into a place of curious daring. I am nudged out of my safe, complacent being. The rhythmic warmth of the sun invites me to whirl in a dance of discovery while resting in the warmth of possibility. The sun invites me to simply be.

Each sunrise I am reminded of the three paths of compassion: to cause no harm, to alleviate suffering, and to take life as it is. Even when I am taking life as it is, I am encouraged to cast aside the mantle of complacency. Accepting life as it is asks for me to look beyond the illusions of appearance and safety. My calling is to actively transform not only my self but also the wide, wonderful world around me.

Curious daring asks me to find a way that uplifts, brings joy, and reveals a different but no less vital way to be. Courage provides the impetus for me to navigate this wild, creative path of transformation. Awareness allows me to flow through the cracks and the crevices of as is and discover what is possible. Transformation happens in small and large, seen and unseen, felt and unfelt ways. Accepting life as it is becomes a challenge of joy-filled exploration.

The glorious sunrise reminds me that each day provides us with a new canvas. Although we may have the same colors and the same paintbrushes, we also have our creative being. Life may be as it is, but through curious daring we bring life to the its possibilities. Life as is becomes all it could be. 

Here’s to accepting life as it is and transforming it with curious daring!

Vanessa

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