The Dance by Oriah Mountain Dreamer is a favorite book of mine, one in which I have passages highlighted throughout the book. The book talks about us being enough, something which I struggle with.

"Lately when I do my daily practice I find myself praying to live gracefully. I have a very particular feeling in my body when I remember or imagine a graceful day. It is a day without rush, a day when I am not suffering over things not being any different than they are, a day when I take a breath and accept those things I cannot change, like long lineups at the bank or traffic jams or the weather. It's a day when I rest easy in a mysterious knowing that there is enough -- enough time and money and energy and heart in the world and in my life, a day when I know that I am enough. It is a day when I am simply present with myself and all that is around me. It is a day of being truly happy, of feeling graceful -- comfortable in my own skin and life.

"To dance is to move gracefully. To live our soul's longing is to be willing to live grace-filled moments. Grace is the opportunity to be happy that we do not earn. That's what makes it grace. But if we are old-time sink-or-swimmers, if we believe that our basic nature is in need of fundamental renovation, the unearned gifts of grace make us nervous. They stir feelings of guilt and fears about potential envy; they heighten our sense of unworthiness and enmesh us in a sense of obligation to work harder at being the people we feel we should be. If we are not in some essential way a manifestation of the Mystery that bestows grace, grace can feel like yet another burden.

"To dance, to move gracefully, to receive the grace-filled moments every day, we have to know that we are worthy not because of our hard work or our suffering or our eagerness to be other than we are; we are worthy by our very nature -- the same nature that creates and sustains all that is."

The Dance by Oriah Mountain Dreamer is a favorite book of mine, one in which I have passages highlighted throughout the book. The book talks about us being enough, something which I struggle with.

"What would you do if you knew you were enough just as you are today, if you
knew -- really knew -- that you were, in your essential nature, a compassionate,
gentle being capable of being fully present with yourself and the world?
Would you trust yourself more? And how would that trust affect your choices
about how to take care of business, how to get and spend your money?"