Your body wants you to feel good by moving more, breathing more deeply, welcoming the natural world into your senses. Your soul wants you to understand your connection to all things by attuning yourself to others, by releasing yourself from the prison of self-consciousness, and by building something, big or small, that feels right to you. Your heart wants you to spread your generosity to people who need it, and to notice people around you who are real and vibrant and deeply flawed. We are all surrounded by imperfect, shame-ruled works of art who are longing for deep connection.

The smartest people on earth don’t feel smart enough; their words lead everyone back to more of their words, too ego-driven to take gigantic, imaginative leaps through the unknown toward true brillian

But you can’t get confused by our times and start believing that what I mean is that you need to USE YOUR BRAIN MORE and DECIDE what you’re doing wrong and what the RIGHT way to do things is. Looking deeply inside yourself doesn’t mean giving your depleted mind more jobs. It means: Feel the moment. Breathe. Allow the world to be the way it is right now. Welcome the flaws and imperfections and fears that haunt you all the way into your body. Permit them under your skin, and treat them as beautiful. Invite darkness and sadness into your life, to mingle with your hopes and your joy. Give your body and heart more authority. Give your mind a break. Listen to your soul.