Mud. Lotus. Presence in it All

“The Pain of Becoming For the flower, it is fully open at each step of its blossoming. We do ourselves a great disservice by judging where we are in comparison to some final destination. This is one of the pains of aspiring to become something: the stage of development we are in is always seen against the imagined landscape of what we are striving for. So where we are—though closer all the time—is never quite enough.”― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have

“No mud. No lotus.” – Thich Nhat Hanh

In the unfolding
The waiting
The desert
The in between
The struggle
The breaking
The remaking
The becoming
The ordinary
The daily steps of the journey
A making
A pruning
A reckoning
A shedding
A culling
A discovery
A budding
A transformation
Mud then lotus, then more mud
Allow, invite, open to joy, peace, laughter, kindness, awareness, ease on the journey, which happens to be the destination.

“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson