Know that the world is yours to bare. Know compassion and searing honesty. Know that you pluck the essence of life by staying connected to the moment, grounded to your feet on the floor. Know today a presence in my words, a gentle arm on your shoulder, leading you and standing right beside you. All things are true and all things are changeable.

It is okay to experience heartbreak. It is okay that you left too soon. It is okay that you want to return. It is okay to not see hope. It is okay to be raw and vulnerable. It is okay to want to run. It is okay to want to fix. It is okay to love the chains. It is okay to want to break the chains. It is okay to curl in on yourself and ride out the storm. It is okay to feel all of this, hugely and overwhelmingly. It is okay.

Pulsate with love and vigor and ambition and possibility. Fly high as the hawk and let your soul catch wind. Do all. Be all. See all. Soar on your great wings.

You feel your hunger. You feel your jubilance. You feel your energy of being alive. Embrace it. Let it seep into the marrow of your bones so that it may sustain you. You feel. You feel. You feel. You are hunger. You are jubilant joy. You are the person the world needs. You are. You are. You are.

You stand on the mountain having conquered fear, pain, regret, recrimination, self-flagellation, tears, loneliness and those never-ending dark nights of the soul. You stand on top of the mountain looking behind you at the climb and see all your individual steps of bravery, courage, faith, hope, trust and sheer unwavering perseverance. You hold an optimism in you that is stronger than the fragility of your soul. You have earned this summit.

You never lost yourself. You just couldn’t see yourself right there. Your self was rooting for you, holding you strong when you felt weak. You will never lose yourself. You will always be right here. You will forget how to see you but I will be here to remind you. I will be here for when your fragile soul needs help to find your way.

Joy has brought you here. Joy in friendship, joy in nature, joy in self-challenge, joy in finding trust, joy in finding that you were right there all along.

Experience the uncomfortable this day. You will see through it with grace and perseverance. So shall you come to the other side and experience the sunshine of a spring meadow, the smell of clover dancing in your heart.

Embrace today with the brilliant hope of a sunrise. Spread your streaks of joy to those around you with a soft step, a light heart and a beaming countenance. The sunrise is both slow and quick, but never forced. Be the slow brilliance and the quick joy as you light up the world around you.

Life will surge as great and wonderous as the swell of an ocean pushed by unseen forces. Life will clear you out, purge and reconnect you to that which is lost. It will be quiet, a direction in a whisper missed. Get still and listen for the whisper on the breeze.

You are as timeless as the leaves coming back in the spring. You are as unique as a falling fall leaf bursting with color. Look to the natural world for your peace, your serenity, your joy. When you breathe deep, know that the world breaths with you, for you, alongside you and in you.

I see your longing. I see your lonliness. I see your brave face. I see your loss and your tears. I see you trying to let go. I see you trying to hold on. I see your weariness. I see your loss of hope. I see your doubt. I see your vulnerability. I see the silence so thick it scares you.

You are joy in the silence. You are peace in the stillness. You are glory in the gratitude. You are my greatest creation, my most magnificent heart. You are not alone. You are not lost. You are intimately found in the stillness and silence and gratitude. The forest sings in glory of your gratitude. The butterflies dance on the very breeze for you. You are magnificent.

You are as much a part of the world as the greatest mountain peak. Your footprint is as precious as the greatest ocean swell. You are as stunning as a sunset. I saved you as you saved you and your breath is reason enough. I will see you dance around the fire of belonging.

You reflect back the faces of those you meet today. Reflect their goodness, their beauty, their inner spark and their innate kindness.

Go softly into this day and try to accomplish nothing. Let your mind be like a river, with no problem to solve, just rocks to move slowly over and around. Recognize the rocks as part and parcel of the nature of self. Go softly into this day and try to accomplish nothing. Feel the breeze on your skin and feel in the breeze the whole of every season: the season of now, the season of memory and the season of anticipation. Go softly into this day and accomplish nothing.

You will mess up. You will be imperfect in the metrics of a standard that is not truth. Be free of external standards as you stand in love. Let love be a fire to the soles of your feet, holding you to your path of truth and love and magic and joy. You are on the right path.

The world is your oyster. You are the filter and what passes through you must be judged accordingly. Keep that which is clean and pure, nourishing and sustaining. Let go of all that is heavy and burdensome as they prevent you from the flow of your magnificence. Beauty is your calling card - your way to give back to the world that gives so much to you.

As the birds delight in this earth, so do you. Rest in harmony with yourself. You are getting it right. Tap into love. Seek to sink deep into well-being. Seek to stay in gratitude. Breath in the quiet and ordinary, for these are the moments that make up your life.