I agree with Mirabai Starr's wanting us to be who we are doing our best to show up for life with a measure of grace, with kindness and a sense of humor, with curiosity and a willingness to not have all the answers, and with reverence for life. Those are wonderful qualities. I put the emphasis on sincerely doing our best to show up with those qualities and sincerely continuing to develop those qualities. There are interactions and times when I have showed up in this way, but I usually fall short in living some of those qualities and even in doing my best to live them. What helps me is my naturally having wonder and wanting to learn. What also helps me is knowing that a gaze of wonder and keeping my heart open is the way for me to do the most good and is what is most satisfying for me which makes it for me its own reward.
On Jan 30, 2026 David Doane wrote :