#335: I Am Enough

NEW lead-in from Neeru Garg: 

Most powerful words are some of the simplest phrases. One of my favorites is “want less, suffer less”, which has driven many decisions in my life. The following blog touched me similarly for the simplicity of the thought. Hoping you shall enjoy the feeling of contentment after reading it as I did.

- Neeru

I Am Enough

"I have enough.  I do enough.  I am enough.” 
These are the meditative words of Dr. Home Nugyen, founder of MindKind Institute, with whom I've been practicing and partnering this past year.

And what a year it’s been…but I don’t have to tell you that, do I?

My wife Katie and I had our first daughter Willow—about a year before COVID 19 hit—pivoted our businesses online, bought a new house, packed up our lives, and moved to a mountain town in the middle of winter .

A big part of my work at RESET — after years of racing from Wall Street to Silicon Alley to Madison Avenue, straight into a therapist’s office — centers on helping people bring peace into their lives and work.  

But, for me, this past year—these past two months especially—has felt, at times, worlds away from peaceful.

And maybe that’s the nature of change—of loss and the labor of birthing something new—or the hardened habits that have me chasing happiness into every "next best thing"…

I’m not sure exactly, but this is one practice that keeps on saving me, when I’m present enough to remember it—to breathe myself back into my body and really recognize that, at this moment, “I have enough, I do enough, and I am enough.”

I have this body; this breath; my family and my loved ones.

I do my best to show up to the work that matters most to me; loving, learning, and serving.

I am enough as I am; always changing and choiceful.

Try it for yourself:

Take one minute or more with each phrase, repeating at the top of each breath:

“I have enough.” 

“I do enough.”

“I am enough.”

Then, perhaps, journal for a few more minutes, exploring where your flow wants to go .

We are enough,

Kurt

P.S. Click here for a 20 minute RESET meditation by Kurt, for practicing gratitude, curiosity, and contentment.