Showing up versus passing by

The thing about showing up is that it requires a lot of commitment.

It requires a lot of love, too. And at times a lot of sweat.

Showing up to preparing yourself a healthy breakfast every single morning. Showing up for your 15 minutes of exercise every day. Showing up for that call you give your mother every Sunday. Showing up for your unfinished work. Showing up for the things you love doing and holding yourself accountable to the promise you’d never let one week pass, without taking time for them.

It truly doesn’t matter what it is that you may or may be not showing up for. What certainly matters is that without your being present in your life for the actions you wish to see happening, nobody else will take those actions for you.

What we shall find at the end of our day’s or life’s living, is what we’ve deliberately chosen to put effort into, to make time, hold space and grow heart for.