In a world that’s trying to tell us who to be, or how to be who we want to be, how do we know what to do?

So many techniques and tools, tips and tricks. Do I establish a ritual or routine, change my diet, do this work out, take this pill, or chant these things? Should I live here or there, take this course, or read this book?

There’s an infinite number of ways to live our lives. An infinite number of possibilities for what to do each and every moment, all converging at the intersection of this particular point in time and place in space.

We live at a perpetual crossroads, where we constantly are making choices which shape the trajectory of our reality, whether we know it or not. But when it comes to deciding how to live a better life, what if we didn’t have to pick any of the options above? What if they were just distractions from a soul that’s already whole, and doesn’t need to do anything in particular, other than be itself?

We can learn a lot from the plants in this sense. They don’t try to be anything other than they are. They have an incredible confidence in their natural expression, simply blossoming in the present moment without questioning whether they are doing it right.

They know their essence, and I trust that we human beings do too.