Tuesday Truth: Being "Enough."

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I thought if I grew up, did my best, and made everyone proud of me, it would be enough. I thought if I got a good job, got a better job, made money, and then made even more money, it would be enough. I thought if I could lose ten pounds, get a better haircut, get the right jeans, then lose the same ten pounds, it would be enough. I thought if I could understand, explain, and express my feelings well enough, it would be enough. I thought if I wished, hoped, dared, or dreamed enough, then it would finally be enough. 
Then I thought: enough. 
I practice being enough. When I do that, everything is already enough, and this is the day I’ve been saving for.

-From Hand Wash Cold: Instructions for an Ordinary Life by Karen Maezen Miller 


When I came across this passage last week, it really made me stop and think. It's perfect! This idea that we are already enough--exactly as we are--is groundbreaking. Why can't we ever say "enough!" to everything? We should. It's all enough. 
We are enough. 

I love it when she says that "this is the day [we've] been saving for." As in, why wait to live life, why not live it now? 
I have a student who recently decided to quit his job and do just this. He said that through yoga, he realized that he was just wasting his time in a job he didn't like. So he quit! He just did it! He's going to take 6 months to travel and do things that he enjoys--and I couldn't support him more. "I'm not going to be able to do this forever," he said. "Not when I have a family and a house and responsibilities..."

So why not live for today? You're not going tobe able to do it forever. 

Here's my dose of wisdom for the day: remind yourself that you're enough. Practice being enough, and you'll realize, that you are.  

Namaste!
Mary Catherine