So much more

“The spiritual life is about becoming more at home in your own skin.”
~ Parker Palmer

“Anything that removes what grows between our hearts and the day is spiritual.”
~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening

What is it today that plucks away the things that stand between you and the universe?
How is it, this very day, that you find yourself one atom’s width more comfortable in the skin you’re in?

Of the plentitude of saviors that pass through your life each day, pick one.
Just for now.

It doesn’t have to be your favorite.
It doesn’t have to be the most impressive
or the most earth-shattering.
It doesn’t have to make you cry
or make you laugh,
but I am certain
when you see it
that it will bring a smile.

Whatever it is,
the savior of this moment,
breathe it in,
breathe it in,
breathe it in.
Let it fill your belly.

Let it stretch your chest,
as your heart takes up
just a little more space.

“Being spiritual is much more useful and immediate than the books about books would have us think.”
~ Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening