This is a morning of Gratitude. I am feeling grateful for so many things: this cup of hot vegan chai tea with maple syrup, the candles burning on my desk, the snow falling off the trees outside, and the thick wool sweater that is keeping me warm.

This is also a morning of Grief. I am feeling sorrow for so many things: the nearly one billion people who are starving on this earth, the lonely people everywhere, the neglected children, the polluted waters, and the karma that won’t yet allow me to release the man who I cannot be with, but still long to be near.

I could go on and on and on with much longer lists of my Gratitudes and Griefs this morning. It’s just one of those days in which I’m seeing a glimpse of how different polarities can simultaneously be true. Resting in that awareness, I feel a strange contentment with it all.

May all beings know the Peace and Self-Love that arises through Cultivating the Witness.

Om Shanti (Peace),

Yogini Tejaswini

See me live talking about Peace (interviewed by Yogi Pete, August 2009): Yogini-Bliss on YouTube

Photo of Divine Mother on snow day by Teja Shankara.