“Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and let others move forward with it.” ~ Ray Bradbury

Though he may often refer to God in his stories, Ray Bradbury, author of Fahrenheit 451 and The Martian Chronicles (as well as, 600 or so other odd stories) when interviewed on the occasion of his 90th birthday had this to say,

“I’m a Zen Buddhist if I would describe myself. I don’t think about what I do. I do it. That’s Buddhism. I jump off the cliff and build my wings on the way down.”

It’s one of my most favorite quotes regarding the nature of living. A method not to think, but rather, to release—to allow the moment to exist in its entirety. Because, we never really know what we have until it’s gone.

This is the gift of our perspective—causing even the most treacherous of paths seem like our greatest blessing.

My darlings, we all face these challenges in our lives. Some, a little more painful than the rest. But always, we find our way ‘through’. Time keeps tumbling forward, my dears—but, in the end, hindsight offers life’s greatest reveal.

And, with each new day—we smile. Knowing, that you and I, my darlings—shall build our wings on the way down.