Being Here

You made it! 

You are here on earth,

with earth, and with us

“Here" is a place we spend our lives

discovering and coming into

When you pause

to comment on the clouds to your lover

amazed at the miracle of sky blue and

white poofs that make you smile 

When you point at the moon

to your child, and make the shape 

of moon with your lips...

drawing out the mooooooon, like this 

When you take a picture of yourself

in a beautiful garden to send to your friend

When you sip this cup of coffee 

with something close to reverence 

When you ask the Divine for a sign,

even a small one,

just a teensy weensy one

(because you don’t want to be rude)

and an entire person reveals

they are the sign sent!

Then you are practicing

Being Here

Maybe you stopped believing in 

the divine order of things 

because you mistook the hard stuff

as some kind of lack of affirmation

I don’t know who made up the story

that it shouldn’t be hard here

but clearly that isn’t the case

Just being in a body 

requires so much care and 

it often hurts to be in here

and it also feels so good too

We were given pain and pleasure

Still…you are here

This is where here is

It is a wild garden of a place, 

isn't it? Who knew?

You aren’t a stranger here

even though it is sometimes strange

to be here, like this 

with all our curiosity and confusion

and unmet needs for big love

and our desire to be seen

as we learn to see ourselves

Being here is precious and precarious 

but here we are

and I just wanted to

mention that being here with you

is way better

than being here without you

You make here

a wonderful place to be

Shiloh Sophia

Painting in process - A Ribbon of Hope Running through Her Mind

"The first noble truth of the Buddha is that when we feel suffering, it doesn't mean that something is wrong. What a relief. Finally, somebody told the truth. Suffering is part of life, and we don't have to feel it's happening because we personally made the wrong move."

~ Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times❤️For those I love and that love me

Shiloh Sophia

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