IT NEEDS YOU TO PURSUE IT AND IT WILL JOIN YOU

Perfection waits.

Life doesn’t.

Life keeps moving…

Inviting you to come along.

We add the spice, twists and turns

as they are all fed to us. Perfection too

One of the greatest traps we unknowingly build for ourselves is perfection.

We tell ourselves…

“When everything is right…”

“I’ll begin.”

“When I know more…”

“I’ll move.”

“When I have more confidence…”

“I’ll try.”

Life quietly smiles.

Then continues moving.

Perfection has postponed more dreams than failure ever could.

Life has never demanded perfection.

Only participation.

LIFE IS ALREADY UNDERWAY

Look around you.

The birds didn’t wait until every feather was perfect.

The river didn’t wait until every rock was removed.

The sunrise didn’t postpone itself because clouds appeared.

Everything in creation understands movement.

Everything except us.

We have the unique ability to think ourselves completely out of living.

STOP AUDITIONING

Many people spend their lives auditioning for a role they have already been given.

They seek permission.

Approval.

Validation.

Acceptance.

Meanwhile…

Life has already cast them.

Their role has already been written.

Their gifts have already been placed within them.

The only missing ingredient…

Is showing up.

THE MASTER TEACHER

Life has always been the greatest teacher.

Not because it lectures.

Because it responds.

You plant…

It grows.

You love…

It returns.

You forgive…

It heals.

You move…

It opens.

You participate…

It reveals.

Life cannot teach someone unwilling to enter the classroom.

EVERY STEP COUNTS

Never underestimate a small beginning.

A single page eventually becomes a book.

A single brick becomes a home.

A single prayer strengthens a heart.

A single seed becomes a forest.

A single smile changes a day.

A single act of kindness echoes farther than we imagine.

The first step may seem small.

It is.

It is also everything.

YOUR CONTRIBUTION MATTERS

There has never been another person exactly like you.

Never.

There never will be.

The world is not waiting for another copy.

It is waiting for your original.

Your laughter.

Your compassion.

Your imagination.

Your courage.

Your story.

Your contribution.

If you remain hidden…

Part of the world remains incomplete.

THE GREATEST REGRET

I do not believe our greatest regret will be the mistakes we made while sincerely living.

I believe it will be the life we refused to live because we feared making mistakes.

There is a profound difference.

One teaches.

The other quietly disappears.

LIFE HAS ALREADY SAID YES

Perhaps you’ve been waiting for the perfect invitation.

Here it is.

Life has already welcomed you.

God has already breathed His life into you.

Purpose has already been planted within you.

Opportunity has already begun searching for you.

Stop polishing the dream.

Start living it.

Life doesn’t need your perfection.

It needs your participation.

Everything you’ve been waiting for…

May already be waiting for you.

— Richie
Pearls for the Soul
when you feed the soul, you feed everything.
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