Banana Squash, and People Pods

Eat worms. Eat dirt, and worms, and crickets (which they say are good covered in chocolate), and caramels, and that questionable looking piece of cheese. You shouldn't live in a bubble and the minute you try to eliminate all the germs from your life you become sick. It is in being alive that we develop strength. By under exposing our immune system we create a type of atrophy that creates a culture of sickness in our lives. To truly be Well we must dance in the mud puddles, and drink from the gutters. Not literally, but you get what I'm saying. Some day you will discover that you NEED the germs. Who knows! In this world of hand-sanitizer-everything perhaps the cure to cancer is in the germs. Maybe by over sanitizing our world we create a lack of variety so dangerous it breeds death. This of course does NOT apply to your spiritual life. That you should scrub down daily. With extra strength cleaner. And try not to expose it to germs. But for the rest of life… use that 20 second rule! God made dirt, and dirt don't hurt. Why? Because the people we build relationships with are far more important that the germs we are killing. Take your shoes off, and walk through the grass. Sink your toes deep into the mud and feel the very minerals of the cosmos squishing up between your toes. breathe the stardust fully into your lungs and taste them as you crunch the sand in your sandwich along with those potato chips. Enjoy it all, and know that you're alive.

You Ever Actually TRY Hot Sauce?

Some one is going to tell you that you're not good enough. They're not lying. Hear me out! You are NOT special, or more important than anyone else. You are unique. You're DNA, finger prints, etc. mean that we can quantifiably determine that you are unique. BUT you are not special. The world does not owe you a darn thing. If anything you owe it! You are a divine child of infinite worth. So is everyone else around you. Which means that the one thing you owe the universe is to suck it up and lead a miraculously beautiful life worthy of such awesomeness. You owe the world around you every act of kindness and service you give. You owe it to the others around you to lift them up and help them see that they too are wonderfully beautiful. You owe it to the universe to leave a mark that adds to the painting. You do not need to be, nor have you earned the right, to be the only brush stroke on the canvas. That's a boring way to live life anyway. Who wants to be all alone? Life becomes wonderful and worth living because we surround ourselves with the variety of humanity that lives on the face of this earth. We become significant because of the care we use towards each person who enters our circle of influence. Because you are not special you will not be handed any of these opportunities. You will have to work very hard and earn everything you've got. Nothing is free. Everything has a price; and that price is the choice you make to either work and become better, or lay down and wait for life to hand you something you haven't earned. You will think this ideal is a curse until you realize that you have learned something very few people understand, and fewer people are willing to use in their favor. Life is magnificent! In all it's shapes and colors and flavors, and sounds, and smells. The more of them we invite into our area of service the more we enrich ourselves. It is in the act of losing yourself to the service of others we are found. . . whole. . . alive . . . and most importantly happy. You will have people tell you that you are not good enough, and that is ok. You don't need to be good enough for that. You DO need to be good enough to serve. Find what you are good at and let that be your brush stroke on the canvas of life. Let your stroke sing in harmony with the other brush strokes around you to create the most glorious of images! You will not be good at everything, but you are good for something. Wear your shoes out in service, and feel your heart swell beyond it's capacity with love. Enjoy being horrible at something, and know that it's more than ok. You are good enough to be yourself. Own who you are and what you ARE good at. You will be pleased when you allow what you are not good at to slip away, and focus on the things you are good at. These things will be your service and legacy to the world. It will be all the work and sweat and tears that you poor into this service that will be your gift. Try all the things you are not good enough for. Try them at least once. Then you will know how to best serve those around you. Variety is the spice of life, and not being good at everything makes you a better person.