You only get to be you once
Who were you when you first came to earth?
What code did you carry in your soul to unlock your earthbound lessons?
What are you here to do and who are you here to be?
These questions come up a lot for me. Daily really. I think about the nature of existence quite a bit. I’m only interrupted by my work as a publisher and my duties as a mom.
If you happen upon me, I’m probably wondering what the elemental nature of all existence is, and how to summarize that into a delicious set of words and ideas for your benefit. Because I think of you a lot. I wonder how you’re feeling and if you need a friend. I wonder if you’re writing or if you need a group to get you writing again. I consider you when I’m dreaming or taking a training or going through the latest and greatest B-School or launching a course, a writing class, a coaching training, or business mastermind.
Because when I’m alone, you are with me. I carry you in all ways. Authentically, that’s who I am and what I’m doing here.
It’s hard to get a weekly note out when I’m thinking about time. But when I think of you it’s so easy.
It’s hard to balance being a publisher with my own writing. I admit. But I love books, so I handle it. I love my authors, and readers, and that makes it all worth it.
We’re going to get more real now, you and I. Because it’s time. I’ve been interviewing and studying the effects of near death experiences on those who have survived, and they have a clear message for you.
Live.
Live as if it were the only thing you were here to do.
Live as if you were meant to be you. Because you are.
Live on your whims and by your desires.
Live in service to experiencing love.
Live in your senses. Live in your body. Touch, taste, sing, soar.
You’ll wake up a different person tomorrow, so LIVE your full you today.
You’ll never be the same again. You’ll have this moment once, and then poof.
You’ll experience this hour only once. You’ll see this sunrise only once. Tonight’s dusk is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Life on earth is finite for a reason. It’s meant for you to exploit and devour every second of it.
You only get to be you today, this once, and then you’re someone else tomorrow.
Your soul is watching and experiencing the world through your delicious senses.
The who you were when you were born is the soul, the who you are now is the adventure.
Does that you desire to be writing? Uplifting others for monetary exchange?
Owning your crown as the queen of an empire (aka business)?
Those that have died and come back know that life on earth is love, in detail.
What is your love in detail?
Mine? Sipping oolong now in the morning sun, thinking of you.
Gazing across the yard into a fire-seared mountain landscape shimmering in the light.
Writing this for you. About to edit a manuscript, for you.
Noticing how I feel. The incense wafting through the air. The oolong sweet on my lips.
The cold air slinking through the screen of my studio, causing shivers, causing aliveness.
When we are not in our bodies, we are in a state of pure love. The NDE survivors mostly explain their experiences the same. Love. A choice to come back. Choosing life on earth because that love will always be there, but this life is precious. More precious than the afterlife is the life you get to live now.
You only get to be you once.
You only get to be you right now, in this moment, once.
You only get to experience this slant of light or that sound in this timeline once.
How will you spend it? Who will you be? What will you make? Where will you go?
Are you waiting to live until you get the book deal?
Are you waiting to live until you get the vacation?
Are you waiting to live until you hit that first million?
Are you waiting to live because your day job is paying the bills—and someday you’ll be your own boss, then you’ll live?
What if living your hopes and desires now meant everything else would fall into place?
Because it will.
It will.
I know this seems a little Carpe Diem, but if writing Love in Detail has taught me anything, it’s that living now, smack dab in the center of your ups and downs and confusion and chaos, and peace and wonder is the whole point.
The point of life is you. Live today without worry because tomorrow you’ll be a different person. Live today as if it was the last day of your life, because it is—tomorrow your life will be different. Turn off doubt, and turn on life. Your destiny is waiting for you to simply tune into it. What matters today is that you are comfortable being you, even if that you is feeling uncomfortable today. Being you is the best job you can have. When you’re fully present in your body, in your mind, and in your heart, the book deal comes naturally. The revenue rises naturally. The tribe and lover appear more easily. Just be you and live today as if it was the most finite resource in an infinite universe. Your soul will thank you.
I hope this is a good little shot in the arm for you today. Thanks for being here with me. Thanks for reading the words that flowed effortlessly for you. I consider these blogs my love notes to you and am infinitely grateful that my authentic, child of wonder self loves writing these notes to you.
Now I’m off to learn what being Zhena means today…tea cup in hand, state of wonder in heart, curious desire to express pulling me along.
Come visit me in the comments, I love your reading your gorgeous reflections.
Enjoy your day, enjoy being you,
