Breathe

People believe what they want to believe and no amount of facts, or figures, can change that if they don’t want it to.

I don’t ever want to destroy someone’s hope, but there is a difference between hope and gullibility. In the search for real peace of mind, there needs to be a firm grip on reality

Believing that turning over the right rock, or discovering the secret words, or doing the right dance will improve my life makes me easy prey for every charlatan selling snake oil.

The only real magic I know of comes from within. It is the belief that I can deal with life as it comes at me. Because? Because I have to. There is no other plausible solution.

Every step along the way leads me toward the hurdles that will inevitably rise up before me. Every breath I take allows me to prepare for that moment by being totally present in this one.

I can handle life one breath at a time and I can do it with both feet planted firmly in this real world. It may not be easy, although it becomes easier once I start trusting in the process, but it is possible.

That is reality.