Life is good. Life is sexy. Remember that this is your chance, possibly your only chance to enjoy the pieces of the divine whole around you. Indulge your senses. Indulge your passions. But not blindly, oh no, with reverence in the gifts that you have been given, for how can you truly appreciate all these amazing things if you don’t take time and quiet to think and dream. 

There is darkness here also, there is pain. There is suffering. But these are like salt on caramel, the sharp sting that reminds you to enjoy this fleeting life. When you hurt, hurt. It’s ok; pain and sadness do not make you weak. They make you human. Turn to your brothers and sisters, family and friends, they will lift you up. They will hold you when the world becomes too much to bear. 

There is but one destination in this life, do not be in such a hurry to rush to it. Enjoy the now. Take a few minutes every day just to be. Sit in the sun and breathe, sit in the darkness and think. Sit at your altar and pray. Ground yourself in the moment. Things go by very fast and you don’t want let the storm of day to day minutia take you too far from yourself.

Most importantly: love. Love yourself first, for all other loves comes from this love. Love your family. Love your friends, your lovers, and partners. Love the people around you, even if you don’t know their names. Each is a piece of the divine whole. Love your enemy. Not only does this cause you to rise above the petty vindictiveness that guides too many, it releases you from the painful connection of hate. Love shapes the universe, it changes minds, and it opens hearts. It is the lens through which we define of all the things in life.