One of our key pieces of guidance is to actively move towards or engage with whatever arises in a journey. Our catchphrase for this is “in and through.” Our shortcut to remembering this intention is the word “yes.” 

Intention 

You do not need to step forward with two feet

Or even one

You step in straight from the center of Yes

Even if your yes is soft and quiet

Even though you know the path is hard 

Even though you’ve learned that you are still not in control

And yes

Even though you understand that someday, you will die, but not yet

Today is for yes

Yes to all the living you can muster 

Yes to however wide your heart can open 

Yes to whatever grief there is left to feel 

Yes to the people you’ve loved and who have hurt you 

Yes to the people you haven’t loved yet 

Yes to the awareness that you’ve only just begun to love yourself as much as you deserve 

Yes to whatever mystery awaits 

Today is for the living 

And so let it be known we have arrived battered and fearful, hopeful and heartful with nothing in our hands but the only thing that matters – the yes