I’m not sure anyone deserves the whole world but, I’m absolutely certain we deserve our piece of it. I know this for sure when I take notice and melt myself into the present moment. When I’m not tumbling in a sea of doubt or worry and able to break free from the whirlpool that just spins me in circles, I’m there. If I slow down and just float for even a little while, I’m open to the world around me and reminded that what my senses take in, is there just for me. It’s my snippet of time. It’s my very own personal experience waiting for me to grab it and just be in it. It’s my moment. This piece of presence may be tough to hold or breathtakingly beautiful and always calls my name to engage in what’s right before me if I take the time to listen for its voice. I have my own seat at the table with a place card that reads my name and invites me to sit and stay. This place of presence may serve up healing, inspiration, peace, gratitude or even pain and discomfort. Either way, it’s there for me and an important part of my journey to help me get things right.

It’s easy to find my piece of this world when I’m grounded in knowing I deserve it. I’m here. I carry the Divine in me along with the messy parts that get me unbalanced sometimes. When it’s hard to remember who I am, what to do next and what is my birthright, I stop fighting the current and quiet myself so I can float away from the churning chatter in my head and the noisy world around me. I close my eyes, hold hands with the Divine, sink down and search for that space that calls my name. My piece of the world. I’m an orb of light sinking below the surface and I wait to become settled in my seat at the bottom. When I look up, I see turbulence, spray and waves created by some of my own thoughts and by the actions of others in this world. I follow my breath so I don’t get pulled to the top and out of my space. It’s a practice that works most of the time but, sometimes it doesn’t. I work hard to not judge myself for getting sucked back up to the top. I remind myself that most of the time I can beat the chaos that’s always trying to pull me into its web. Other times, I get tangled and do my best to untangle and begin again. Wherever I end up, I’m here. Because of that, I’m always deserving of my piece of the world. When I connect to that space, I’m reminded of why I’m here and what the Divine would have me do with the gifts I carry. Sometimes, when I connect to that space, I don’t want to be there because it hurts or shows me things I don’t want to see. I try to stay close to my breath, feel, wait, hold on and trust that eventually my inner voice will whisper or even shout what is true for me. I try to remember that regularly visiting my piece of the world no matter what it may hold, is always a practice in patience, self-compassion, healing and love.

Find your space, your piece. Try looking for it through prayer or meditation and do your best to not give up. When you regularly practice looking for your piece, you get better at standing where you are and noticing how things have a way of connecting and that coincidence is not always happenstance. Your piece of the world lives in you. It’s not real estate but a place in the universe where your soul resides and when you visit, you know you’re home. Finding your path there can be tricky. Try following your breath and seeing each inhale as light in and each exhale as unhealthy dust out. Assign a sound or color to this natural rhythm. Find a meditation app to help guide you, follow the rhythm of your own walking, sit and focus on a beautiful thing in nature or get lost in your own creativity. Just do your best to take the time to slow down and shut out the world so you can hear your soul whisper your name and remind you of your light and love. Our piece of the world isn’t necessarily of this physical world. It’s a place that reminds you to just be. You know you’ve arrived when you witness the miracle of you and the power, peace and healing found in the present moment. In your piece of the world you breathe out swirls of light and magic because you’re aligned with you. May you come to find that in every moment, you can hold messiness and majesty in your hands and by just doing so, that will always be enough.

Questions/activities to ponder or good journal prompts!

1. Try to figure out what keeps you from being in your present moment. What are some of those barriers?
2. You are here and occupying the present moment. What does that thought inspire in you right now? What scares you about being in the present moment and why?
3. How might you picture an image of your soul or your essence when in stillness, prayer or meditation? What does it look like or feel like?
4. Are you able to find your stillness when in movement? Why or why not?
5. Spending time listening in stillness for your inner voice and falling into the space in which it resides takes practice. Create a list of why hearing that voice may offer healing and important in helping you find your way.