November 27, 2024

We are carried along by forces quite beyond us,
into circumstances we cannot imagine.
Our place is to rise to the occasion
without judgment, agendas, or even preferences.
With us one situation is as good as another,
providing us with a context within which
we show our stuff,
doing what is called for where, when and how
it is called for,
using the gifts of our original nature,
our innate virtues (What we do best
and enjoy doing most),
our inherent imagination and intrinsic intuition.

In this way, 
we bring our best to bear
upon the worst life has to offer,
and surprise ourselves all along the way,
in bringing ourselves forth to meet
what is in our path.

The day's gifts are surprisingly just what we need
to develop our latent powers
and amaze ourselves with talents
we did not know we possess.

This is thought of as the wonder of being alive.