Julia Fehrenbacher writes, “Stop asking: am I good enough? Ask only: am I showing up with love?” I am remembering to embrace myself and those things I used to call flaws. I am breathing and acknowledging my readiness for the present moment — for I am ready, even though my conditioning often tells me otherwise. I am learning to be brave with my insights and intuitions, even if I’m the only one who seems to find value in an “ugly weed”. I am forgiving myself for not knowing everything, and realizing that there is wisdom in unknowing, in holding hundreds of seemingly unrelated pieces in my hands without finishing the puzzle. That there is growth in asking, “Do you understand what’s going on?” and even more in living without an answer. Good enough is something to be measured. A rating. A comparison. A competition. Showing up with love is way of propelling ourselves into limitlessness. It’s a radical act of unity. An invitation to connect. To co-operate. It’s a subversive act of opening. A taking down of walls, a remover of judgments and prejudices. An act of profound power and beauty.
— heidi kalyani, 2016
from the *nothing is black and white* project: illustration created out of meditation with a single unbroken line