Don't underestimate you

“There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and it will be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is nor how valuable nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep yourself open and aware to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.” 

- Martha Graham (dancer)

Let the fact of your uniqueness sink in at this moment. Can you feel it?

Maybe you think of yourself as an ordinary person. Maybe you find it hard to believe that in fact You are unique.

You are.

You Are.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

What You think of you is not even your business. Your labels, your judgements about or against yourself.

Let them subside and quiet for a moment. Simply by not feeding them with your attention.

Bring your attention inwards and feel. Feel your presence.

Nobody can be present for you. Only you can do that.

And when you don’t, you will be missed.

When you don’t, there is an empty seat somewhere.

Someone missing a sincere smile who might have needed it that day.

Anyone, missing a touch, a word, a gesture that you might not even be aware of,

But that made a difference, somewhere, somehow.

Keep that channel open.

Be that gift to the world around you, to that person next to you on the bus, to cashier at the supermarket, to that spider you freed from your house instead of smashing it, to anyone really.

Don’t underestimate You

The reason for You

Your uniqueness

Can you feel it today?