As Brian and I assess and discern some new possibilities in our life, I am finding that there is a growing awareness of and appreciation for the life we have.

Often in the daily “doing” of our lives, day after day, it’s hard to see the “bigger picture” of our lives.

To appreciate it just as it is.

To see how all the dots connect and lead right to where we are.

And when we can come up for air and get an “aerial view” of our life, it seems like part of some “bigger plan”…like the ancient Persian poet Hafiz says, “The place you are right now God circled on a map  for you.”

And then we sense within us a contentment.  We want nothing.  There is only appreciation.  And openness.  And gratitude.  A willingness to let everything be just as it is.  Even the new possibilities.  Allowing them to appear on our doorstep without any efforting.

I am in that place right at this moment.  A deep appreciation.  A liberating openness.

The place you are in right now, God circled on the map for you, as the Sufi poet, Hafiz, said.  Whether or not you “like” your situation.  Instead of resisting it.  Sense it.  Breathe in this truth.  Breathe with what your life is RIGHT NOW.  And notice how a sense of spaciousness and liberation visits your heart…even if you cry because life is so painful right now.  A tender heart is a heart that is open to the Divine.  A tender heart leans in toward Home.  And THAT brings peace.