This Delicious Moment

I awoke today with concerns about family. One who is unhappy. As so many of us are. . .just below the surface of our lives. Scratch us and we reveal a restless disatisfaction. Perhaps guilt. And more than a little shake of self-loathing. ( I need to lose at least ten pounds or more.)

My sister tells me her daughter is about to move on.
And so goes each of our lives as we "move on" from one episode to the next.
Forgetting that it all moves inevitably onward. Always.
Nothing is meant to stay the same.

Nothing.

And so we go. Either kicking and screaming with fierce objection
...wishing it could be otherwise. An inch by inch plunge into guilt and sadness...

Or else we get over it.
Remember.
Allow it.
Wake up and actually celebrate what's going on.

We flow.

We awaken to discover the perfection in what exists right here and now.
In this glorious, beautiful moment.
And most of all we awaken to OURSELVES...
Yes. . .beautifully perfect. . . .
With or without the ten extra pounds.
Whether or not we ever measure up to our own or anyone else's ideals.
Whether or not those closest to us ever understand.

We are.
Surrounded by and filled to the brim with countless blessings.
Beautiful and worthy beyond compare.
Loving and Loveable. . .
Here to enjoy it all. . .one delicious moment at a time.