Profound Appreciation

Profound appreciation: 

that every life is a beautiful expression of some sort, in some inexplicable way, and having a dharma of its own, a purpose beyond my understanding - my role then is of support, to bring no harm to this world, offering only my most profound appreciation for having found myself present to its beauty. This is how I wish to navigate through life, not just a witness, but as a deep participant, being an expression with my own unique beauty, entwined with others, immersed thoroughly in my every encounter, and with a most profound appreciation for having this sense of being alive, aware, and with a dharma of my own. 

my purpose is life, as is yours...

each being a beautiful expression. 

this isn't something that we do, it's not a practice, but more of a symptom of being alive and growing ever deeper in love with who we truly are. Life breaks us open with its beauty, that everything is so brief in its appearance, continuously changing even as we sometimes wish to halt the world and simply love something as it appears right now for just a moment longer. Yet life always moves on, shattering us with the briefness of our length of stay here, and that we are left only with that sense of profound appreciation for knowing this, for being aware that each moment is temporary,  just a beautiful expression, shifting and ever changing in some inexplicable way. 

and knowing this, recognizing the briefness and beauty of each expression, every life is then seen as a prayer in some deep and meaningful way, a grateful exclamation of simply being alive and aware, profound in our appreciation that we have somehow found ourselves here. This is our awakening, right now, seeing this, the everyday magic of our existence, all that we've been given, unasked for, continuously changing, shifting, yet always, always....present. 

our purpose is life, and for this - 

we offer our most profound appreciation.

~

Peace, Eric