It's Okay

"There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done.
One is called yesterday. The other is tomorrow.
Today is the right day to love, believe, do, and mostly live.

     -The Dalai Lama XIV

It's okay not to be the first one to the office or the last one to leave.
It's okay to acknowledge there's suffering in the world, all the time, everyday
but to know there is not much you can do about it today,
except love those around you a little more and treat strangers with kindness.
It's okay to give up now and then, on the obsession with pleasing everyone
and trying to meeting everyone else's needs, to instead focus on your own.
It's okay to give up your power and surrender to the universe sometimes.
What power do we really have anyway?
We have the power to love and to live.
It's okay to slow down and be present,
to stop worrying about the past and planning the future.
Now, in this moment, I am okay to love and to live.