Be What You Is

There is something luminous about a person when they know who they are
When they’ve lived long enough to realize that everything is a gift 
I think that’s why the older we get, we see beauty in such unexpected ways 
I feel sorry for the people still scrambling and grinding and trying to get somewhere 
Chasing the next big thing 
I wouldn’t have believed it when I was in the race but now it’s so clear
Everything we have 
All the things we see
All the people who have been in your life 
It’s all temporary 
Nothing lasts
It’s not supposed to 
Even glaciers and mountains crumble and fall 
The beauty is right here
Right now, in every single thing 
If you want to tryout a way of being 
Start by becoming aware that you are breathing
I think so many people are never aware of their breath, it is done for us
It requires zero effort and yet we take it for granted 
Also, notice your heart beat, another thing that is done automatically
In our bodies with no interference or assistance from us 
And unless you’ve had a heart attack or a problem
You probably go a whole day and never even say, thank you for the very thing that is keeping you alive 
You can do this with any body part
We take them all for granted 
The photo is a man named, Brad Walker
He is a potter in Dahlonega, Georgia
He has had his shop, 
Brad Walker Pottery for 44 years 
He is one of the most easy going people I’ve ever met 
He is gentle and kind
And I have a lot of his pieces in my kitchen 
I think about the love he puts into his craft every morning when I have my coffee 
He is not striving for more
He is quietly working, seven days a week
Welcoming the world into his
It’s worth the drive if you’re ever in Georgia 
The sign above his head reads
“Be what you is”
I hope that you do 
Because we are all, eventually going to pass away 
And while you’re still here
Be your is
It will be a gift to all of us