”Give yourself space to be.”
At times the most heartfelt and firm self-help tip you can give yourself is to allow yourself to simply do nothing. There is nothing to achieve, nothing to become, nothing to chase or create – merely the notion that everything is exactly the way it is.
This constant need to be the best version of oneself; to aim for higher, better, more accomplished, the best, and to never take the time out of ones hectic day to acknowledge where one is, what one has. What one already is.
To be at peace with not having it all, no doing it all – in a world that tells us to – Work harder, achieve more. You are not enough. You will never be enough.
And of course, it’s good, and even necessary, to grow and evolve, and to want to become better. But there needs to be a healthy balance. Yin and yang. Being and doing. Moon and sun. Silence and discipline. Listening and speaking. Feeling and thinking. Slow and fast. Internal and external. Night and day. Earth and sky. Spirituality and science. Calm and expressive. Feminine and masculine. Heart and mind.
Being one with life.
You don’t have to do or be anything else than what you are, right now. You are exactly, exactly, who and where, you need to be right now.
All is well.
