Bhutan’s Blessings

I have recently returned from a life-changing journey into the heart of the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan. I knew this place would shift me but was not sure how. Now I’m starting to see. As I am settling back into life here in LA, I am being gifted with many moments of reflection and inquiry as to what really matters in our lives.

In Bhutan, it was obvious to see that when a country values happiness as the most critical component of their society then all else comes into cooperation and care. Everything and everyone is valued with this perspective. Thus, compassion is the air and breath of Bhutan.

Being there I came to see what matters and what doesn’t. And most things just don’t. Yet we spend so much time creating stories in our minds and lives about made-up realities to make us feel better about ourselves but ultimately we feel more insecure and needy to validate this conjecture. It’s a lot of wasted energy. And it is all self-created. It’s hard to see it when we are drowning in it. So I am choosing to take time to write, reflect and share how we all can embrace and ripple out the natural goodness, happiness, and peace that lives within each of us. Unfortunately, we don’t all know this. We are so conditioned to believe we are not enough, we are in a waiting period, holding on to regrets and anxieties which limit our ability to access our abundant nature. Then one day we get a diagnosis or have a sudden loss and maybe at that moment we awaken to see how critical our present moment is, that NOW is the only thing we have. In the now, I access my natural uniqueness. I connect with my abundance. It’s actually so simple we often miss it. It’s so easy to fall asleep in this world, we all do. It’s ok. So what can you do?

Be deliberate, kind, and forgiving.