“I am” is a cosmic statement—and also a microcosmic one. As the Sufi saying goes, “I am the outermost out and the innermost in.”

In order to know this, we begin with the small and end with the large. We go in to remember ourselves and out to remember our connection to the cosmos.

We are both human and divine, both fragile and unbreakable.
Our very nature is paradoxical.

Some of us are destined to search for God. We begin looking without and end by looking within.

But who is looking?

That is the cosmic joke if you ask me. What is seeking has already been found.

Once we are able to laugh at our deepest weaknesses, we are getting closer and closer to living as the oneness that we have always been.

We begin to understand the teachings of Christ and of other enlightened beings.

Let us not forget a critical point. We must admit that we are flawed on the human level. Until we do that, we cannot perceive that we are also divine.

Humility is a powerful tool to wield against the arrogance of our ego.

Repentance is like a windshield wiper on a dirty car. It is vital to move safely through this world.

Each day is a lesson in living both small and large.

We are all up to the challenge because when we have bad days we are offered the chance of the most growth.

We must have beginner’s mind again and again. And in our humility we discover grace.

Grace has been with us all along, but now we realize we are it. Selah.

Vicki Woodyard