Shining your light

"Wherever you go spread your love. Just keep the candle of your love burning and whenever you find an unlit candle, light it up.  Wherever a lamp goes, it spreads light." ~ Kripalu

breathe yourself new

~by Julie Fehrenbacher

Maybe today is the day

to tip it all upside down, to shake out

what is stale and small and suffocatingly too sure

maybe today, rather than being tossed about

by enough-will-never-be-enough

expectations, rather than grabbing

for another word, another way, another now-

you could step outside and watch sky

make a new day. Maybe today

is the day to let go

of doubt's smothering hand, to stop hunting

for worthiness, to choose to follow only

what feels like tail-wagging enthusiasm, like firefly's

warm, sure glow. Like love sprouting roots

from the bottom of bare feet.

Maybe today is the day to remember

that if it doesn't grow the flame

warmer, truer, brighter, if it doesn't

feel like a deep dive into this boundless

breath of now, it's not meant for you.

then lean close in

to your glorious glow

and breathe yourself new

I find this poem to be a great meditation read, when I read it outloud I feel it enter my mind, body and spirit with every breath.

Do you have a favorite poem that lights you up? Reminds you that you are enough to shine your light in this world? How do you rekindle your spirit when you feel your light flickering?

Take a breath

Ask only: Am I showing up with love?