When I was a little girl, I wanted everything to be ok. More so, I wanted peace within each moment, and understanding to lead the way.

Even at the youngest of age, my Buddha heart was being revealed.

Oh, and how I hated unrest – so heavy and textures with distress.

At times, I’d even run away – more interested in “peace within the moment” than facing the true source of my unsettledness. Though, as Pema Chödrön once said, “Difficulties are inevitable—AND helpful.”

Oh, but how easily we forget that latter half. We want so desperately to ease our heart – but, have truly considered at what cost?

“Rather than treating your life experiences as some kind of deviation from what is supposed to be happening,” she shares. “(Know that) the more difficulties you have, in fact, the greater opportunity there is to let them transform you.”

My darlings, it’s these difficulties which help to remind us of who we really are.

Beautiful, dynamic, compassionate sparks of the Universe.

Perhaps, with openness of heart, we might someday learn: that it is only through this transformation, that our Buddha heart might finally be revealed.

And, if we ran away each and every time – my goodness, we might not ever know it.

Namaste, my loves – a little something to consider on this day.

❤️