Being Grateful

As M. Nepo points out, particularly with Polynesians, indigenous people frequently sense the life force and our connection with all things.  As he points out, a person has to slow down, release their various distractions and listen in order to sense it.  At one point about a year ago, I was sitting quietly while communicating with a tree and lamenting its hard life and difficult location.  The sense or message I got back from the tree was “it is what it is”, a valuable take away message.  The tree was accepting what life had to offer.  Like that tree, during my life, I have been given many gifts and I also have many challenges (gifts in disguise!).  I find that it works best to just be accepting and grateful.