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I have learned that reverence has no boundaries and no enemies.

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What I Have Learned This Time Around

An article by Heather K. O’Hara

What I have learned this time around is to value the time I have been given. Whether it be a moment or a millennium, I have learned to fill every inch of life with passion, joy, love and gratitude, for these are the things that a truly remarkable life is made of.

I have learned that I will never know everything, but that everything I learn will lead me to a greater understanding of myself and those I love. Life is, after all, a mysterious and magnificent dance, and I am free to choose whether I will hang on or let go―spin or sway, dance with many or dance with few.

What I have learned this time around is the difference between “waiting” and “patience.” One allows life to pass by as I stand watching. The other honors the pace of all things, whether they are moving or standing still. So, I will not spend the gift of time watching and waiting, but patient I will be as I celebrate every moment of my life.

What I have learned this time around is that for every day there is a purpose, that there are no ordinary moments and that every miracle, large or small, is the reflection of enormous and extraordinary love.

I have learned that as I move closer to one thing, I move further from another; and that distancing myself from what does not empower me helps me move nearer to who I really am and where I want to be.

I have learned, also, that behind every truth I can see with my eyes, there are at least a thousand other truths I can see with my heart.

I have learned, too, that even though I don’t always make the best choices, say the right words or walk in an intelligent direction, I always do the best I know how to do.

I have learned to remember my promises, keep my word, hug my children every day; and I have learned to say, “I love you,” whether they are going out the door or coming in.

This time around, I have learned that the most powerful prayer in the world is the one that begins with, “Thank you,” and the one that ends with, “I am grateful for all that I have and all that I am.”

I have learned that not all angels have wings, not all masters live on mountain tops, not all great leaders walk before me and not all saints are statues, because this time around, I have chosen them as friends instead of idols.

I have also learned that if I had everything, I would have nothing left to dream and that if I dreamed nothing, there would not be anything to have.

I have learned that a baseball game, a box of popcorn, an afternoon spent with a friend and the company of a sunset are all signs of Divine Intelligence―and that resting, working and playing is how my spirit evolves.

I have learned that if I had never made a bad choice, I would never have learned how to make a better one. And that my decisions, although not always wise in the eyes of others, have always led me to higher places.

I have learned this time around that happiness has nothing to do with winning or being right or being better, but that it has everything to do with giving, honoring, respecting and accepting.

I have learned that I can never walk in someone else’s shoes, nor they in mine―that we are each given a mountain to climb and that we must climb it the best way we know how. And I have also learned that it is from the mountain top that I can reach up and touch the sky.

I have learned, too, that relationships based on trust are the ships that travel further and faster than any other ships on the sea.

I have learned that reverence has no boundaries and no enemies. And I have learned that when I judge what I see in others, it is time to look more closely at myself.

I have learned this time around that life isn’t about beating down doors that are closed, but being grateful for all those that are open.

And I have learned that wishing I had done it or not done it will never change the fact that I did it or did not.

I have learned that the words I speak must be my own truth, the things I do must be my own choices and, the life I live and the love I give must be borne of my own heart and soul―otherwise I would never really know who I am or what I came here to do.

I have learned that knowledge is found in books, classrooms and eloquent speeches, but that wisdom lingers in very quiet places―in a garden perhaps, or on a moonlit path; on the golden edge of a slender flame or in the center of a rain drop.

I have learned many, many things this time around. I have learned patience, trust, reverence, gratitude and what love is truly made of, but the most important thing I have learned, I learned today: As the colors of dawn brushed against my face this morning, as sunlight filled every corner of my world, the gift of Life was again placed in my hands―the gift of yet another extraordinary day, another opportunity, another chance.

And although it can never be yesterday again, nor can it ever be tomorrow―today I have been given the greatest gift of all, the gift of “now.” And only in this uncommon moment, in this tiny pause between future and past, will I truly learn what I have come to learn this time around.

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