we know. and then we know more.

I am participating in #Trust30, an online initiative and 30-day writing challenge that encourages you to look within and trust yourself.

Prompt #7: There will be an agreement in whatever variety of actions, so they be each honest and natural in their hour. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

What would you say to the person you were five years ago? What will you say to the person you’ll be in five years?

(Prompt by Corbett Barr)

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I stand, my eyes closed. I think about my desires for the future, my single greatest intention, what I want to create with my life. I imagine it in great detail–the sounds, smells, colors, feelings, who is around me, how I am dressed, where I live.

And then I imagine my future self standing in front of me, looking at me with great generosity and love, reaching out a hand to me.

I can ask myself one question. She can tell me one thing.

What do I ask?

And what does my future self say to me? You know what you need to know. You are complete as you are. You know.

In such a way, what am I saying to my past self? You knew what you needed to know. You were complete as you were. You knew.

There is really no looking back, is there? No wondering "what if," no questioning. Each action was honest and natural in its hour. As each will be still. 

We know. And then we know more.