Our lifetimes are specks in the universe, but they are the longest and only spans of time we will ever know.*
Beth Pickens

As Rilke says: Hier zu sein ist so viel – to be here is immense.**
John O’Donohue

We must be here twice:
Once is the sheer miracle of being here at all –
Something we had no choice in or control of,
Twice is being here in a uniquely messy but wonderful way
that only each of us can be,
Not to be played upon – though our time here will
involve plenty of this,
But, also to be a player,
To make your difference,
To bring your imperfect beauty:
The point is to master the habits
of showing up.^

What are your habits,
And how will you use them today?

*Beth Picken’s Make Your Art No Matter What;
**John O’Donohue’s To Bless the Space Between Us;
^James Clear’s Atomic Habits.