It was in one of my first classes of the Creative Problem Solving Institutes (CPSI) workshop at the University of Buffalo in New York State that the presenter went to the board and wrote the following words, “I am enough.”  That was the topic of the day and it turns out the topic of my life.  My core issue then and now is all about being enough.  This was one of the defining moments in my life.

Being enough is paradoxically a very simple and yet complicated process.  It is simple in that it is three words, cuts to the chase and says what it needs to say…….simply stated, I am enough. I am perfect in my imperfections and every moment of every day I am exactly what and where I should be and I am enough just like I am. I don’t need any more or any less……..I am just enough.  Get the point…..very simple, so where does the complication set in.  Well in my mind, I think “What is enough?” This is where the dreaded left brain monkey mind comes into play.  In my mind, I can never be enough because if I was truly enough, then it would be my time to go.  So I have often wondered, do I stop short because I think enough is a finite process? ……or do I stop short because I don’t think I am enough.  Welcome to my world……now you see how simple yet complex enough is.

I read a great piece this week that looked at it a little differently and opened up a new avenue for me. It was my horoscope and it said “ It is perfectly OK to be 95% enough because if you were 100% you would have wings……..take your foot off of your throat and love yourself, you are enough.”  This reminds me of Rolf Smith’s B+ approach to life……sometimes I don’t need an A…..a B+ is just perfect……..and that is enough. 

So today, I am enough and wherever I am at or whomever I am with…..I know that I am exactly where I need to be and I am doing exactly what I need to be doing for my journey this lifetime…….and to the presenter who brought to light three words that I have said thousands of times and that changed my life, I have five words…….. thank you, I am enough.