Sincerely Who I Am

Sincerely who I am:

what I really hope for is sincerity, to be exactly and only as I am right now, and know that this is what I offer to the world. At this point there is no continued search for enlightenment, nor even a wish to be free from any form of suffering. Life has brought me here, and through sorrow and grief, and yes, countless moments of joy as well — I now find myself sincerely who I am…

and nothing more.

this is it’s own form of freedom and one without pretense or any need to influence others, no one else is involved in this, at least not in the sense of offering myself as any kind of teacher. Sincerity isn’t a practice, it’s not something that’s accomplished, it’s simply an allowingness of whatever it is that appears within each moment, and not making distinctions between ego and selfless nature, between illusion and the harder edge of what seems to be reality. Everything belongs, sincerely so, and there is no reason to push any of it aside for preference, or for how I would like the world to see me.

sincerely, this is who I am.

and I no longer wish to be any different, I’m not seeking a better version of myself, it’s not self-improvement, nor the end of any suffering. To give it a word, if one is needed, would be to say relaxed, really that’s all, and yet this includes so much too, because…