I am here now

I am not a before.

I am not an after. 

I am here now - - 

Learning, struggling, stumbling, and loving - - 

Now is the masterpiece. 

Growth is a favorable consequence. 

The Soul Loves Risk

Deep within every life, no matter how dull or ineffectual it may seem, something eternal is happening. When you are faithful to the risk and ambivalence of growth, you are engaging your life. The soul loves risk; it is only through the door of risk that growth can enter. Possibility and change become growth within the shape of time that we call our day. Days are where we live. The rhythm shapes our lives. Each new day offers possibilities that were never seen before. To engage with honor the full possibility of your life is to engage in a worthy way the possibility of your new day.
~John O'Donohue, Irish Philosopher