Stop and Calm Your Thoughts

Stop for a moment and calm your thoughts.
Let go of your anxieties and look around you.
What do you see?
You see a world filled with beauty.
You see a world filled with possibilities.
You see dreams being born, being nurtured and being fulfilled.
Yes, there are challenges. Yes, there is sorrow. Yes, there is hatred
and yes, violence.
But more than these is love, there is goodness, there is joy.
And that means there is no limit to how beautiful and how joyful you can
make it.
Yet, what you have is right now.
And right now is completely as it should be.
It is your time to live.
Think of what a precious thing your life is and how truly blessed you are to experience it.
Right now.
Right now any anxiety you may have about the future is an illusion.
Let it go.
Let it fade away as the beauty and perfection of right now wash over you.
The best thing you can do for the future is to live with everything you have.
In the present.
Right now, you are in a position to create real and lasting positive value for the world in which you live.
How do you do that?
By following your heart. By being the you that is really you.
You may have wandered away from your self. Now is the time to come home.
You know in your heart that you are here for a reason.
The pain you feel is that purpose, that reason for being constantly aching to break free.
When it does you will be more alive than you ever could have imagined.
Breathe in the beauty around you.
The beauty and richness of being alive is your gift.
It is your fortune.
It is your blessing.
And it is yours to live, to experience, to fulfill.
Right now.