connect with the moment you’re in, regardless of where you are or who you are with.
Think of this book as your coach, and the message below as foundational. You will be encouraged to explore and embrace places and things you thought were too much or too hard. You can do this. Let the words below remind you of your power and completeness. Let them ground you in your place as a loving being who is capable of anything you conceive and pursue.
It was written with love, and you are encouraged to fully embrace it. Preferably read it aloud or listen to it online as you prepare for the journey ahead.
When All is Said and Done
(a Message and Wake-Up Call)
Below is an example of one moment in life in which I was fully present. Look at it and use it as a tool to slow down and connect with yourself in any moment of your life that you choose.
We have this moment and only this moment.
You’ve likely heard the above statement many times. The challenge and the profound reality are to really “get” this in as many waking moments as possible.
It’s 6:36 a.m. on a Thursday morning, and I’m looking out the bedroom window into a forest. In the foreground is a beautiful, gnarled tree with many bends and expressions. Alone, it stands proudly, and yet, it is not alone. It is surrounded by others, and the depth and the richness of the rest of the forest is captivating.
There are a few suggestions of green pushing through with new spring growth, but mostly there are shades of brown. The light is coming softly through the canopy of the forest and highlighting the various trees; some thicker, some thinner. And yet, the whole picture is woven together in a magical way. It’s perfect. I can hear the birds chirping lightly in the background, and occasionally, the sound of a car passing by.
I want you to know that wherever you are in this moment, it’s perfect, and it really works.
You can slow down, really notice your surroundings, and be with them. The acceptance of this morning, or whatever time of day it is right now as you’re reading this, wherever you are, is the foundation for moving anywhere.
Accept that you are perfect, whole, and complete—not as an intellectual thing, not like “Yeah, I know, Stone.” Instead, accept yourself as an embodiment of something in nature. You are perfect in the same way that each one of the hundreds of trees I see out my window is perfect.
Some are thinner; some are in bands together; some are wavy, and bumping into others. The taller ones that have the blue sky blasting out in the background, and the shorter ones that are waiting to grow; each branch, each piece of bark, each leaf—that is you and me, perfect.
Let this wash over you.
Any time you feel overwhelmed or lost, come back to this, and get in touch with how you are—as perfect as any stone; as whole and complete as a diamond, an amethyst, a ruby, or a boulder.
You have everything, and thus, need nothing. You may want things, and you may definitively create things, but know that you already have it all. Consider that from this foundation, you are already being the magic of who you really are.
This is not a pep talk. This is reality. You are perfect, whole, and complete. This is simply the reality, and you are either in touch with this reality or not.
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