it's my turn!

his name is kevin. meeting him was like slipping my hand into a well fitted glove. it has been seamless and joyful and funny and beautiful. the kids adore him, and vice versa. no compromising has been required. who knows what the future may bring, but for now, I am exactly where I want to be.

I know you hear me proclaiming often that Anything Can Happen, but today I want to shout it from the mountaintops:

Do not settle for less than your heart's desire in anything!!!
It IS out there!!
And it will come to you.
What you seek is also seeking you.

Life really is one big joyful and benevolent conspiracy on your behalf. Trusting while your heart's desires make their way to you can be hard sometimes, but I am here to tell you how glad I am that I did not give up hope and settle for anything else.

Well, wait a second, that's not true! sometimes I did give up hope, and sometimes I tried valiantly to settle for less, but what is so cool is that it never worked for long. Hope would always spring eternal, and any compromise I would try to make could not be sustained.

so go ahead, give up hope. try to settle. fight and resist and shake your fist at the sky. you can't go wrong, really!

you might suffer a little bit from trying to buck the current, but you'll get tired and let go eventually, and the river of life will continue to carry you, as it always has. sometime we are so busy trying to swim that we lose touch with the awareness that we are truly being supported; that even if we just give up all effort and float, we will still be moving downstream.

It is okay to trust that current, or not if you'd rather swim ... all rivers travel a one way journey to the ocean. some quicker and wilder than others, but the destination is assured.

As the Sufi's say: The ocean refuses no river.