Be Still, And Know

What Would I Say If I Just Had Two Days?

During a conversation about my procrastination, Merlin asked me what I’d say if I just had 48 hours? I wrote the following in one continuous stream, or rather, I channeled it, in two minutes. I present it here, unfiltered.

I would write a letter to the world. A letter of circles. The inner circle for me, the next circles for my family, then my friends, and the big circle for the world.

I would say, life is now. Life is not tomorrow, because who has been promised tomorrow?

Life is not yesterday, because yesterday only exists in our faulty memories.

Step outside, breathe the air, listen to bird song, look how green the grass is, watch the crows fight the pigeons for food, see the clouds inching across the sky, hear the silence and stillness within.

Listen to the play of children, listen to the laughter of your friends over a board game, listen to the beating of your heart and the rhythm of your breath — this is life.

Delight will pass, but sadness will not. And yet, all the sadness is worth it for the moment of delight. Look for delight, you will find it everywhere. We say we can’t stand the suffering, but the suffering is what makes us grow, it’s what gives us colour, it’s what makes the many moments of joy worth every insult.

You are not your finances, you are not your bills, you are not your problems, you are not a basket case, you are not broken. You are not your illnesses, you are not your disabilities, you are not your broken past. You are alive, you are whole, you are love, you are. 

You are not your sins. Life is now, you are now.

Be still, and know that you are good.