Wednesday's Words

"Have patience with everything that remains unsolved in your heart. Try to love the questions themselves, like locked rooms and like books written in a foreign language. Do not look for the answers. They cannot now be given to you because you could not live them. It is a question of experiencing everything." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

I stole this from my 26-year-old cousin's blog.  She is currently in the process of kicking cancer to the curb ... in a drop kick with both feet kind of way, I might add.  This quote reminds her of what is important as she moves forward post-treatment.  

These words also tripped me up as I was moving along in the course of my seemingly uneventful life.  We are often too much of a "I want what I want when I want it" society.  How often do we sit back and just "experience everything"?  Life is soooo darn short and I think that makes a lot of us demand the "as soon as possibles".  But we're missing some of the true joys in life along the way: the thrill of the chase, the joy in the adventure, the appreciation of the process, and the glory in the accomplishment.  

Today I wish you all the patience to simply, and peacefully, experience the things that are going on in your life ... relish some breathing space, take the pressure off, and let life happen.