I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs. The world I live in and believe in is wider than that. And anyway, what's wrong with maybe?

- Mary Oliver from her poem, “The World I Live In”

Every day, you and I are faced with the reality of all that is unknown. We learn to live without answers, without clarity, without knowing how the story ends. We learn to live the “maybe”; we learn to live the questions. We learn to trust that even though it is hard to find our way under the night sky, even then the stars still shine. Even then you are free to breathe deep, and fall asleep just fine.

One of my favorite quotes from Frodo in Lord of the Rings says, “Now not day shall be Beloved, but night too shall be beautiful and blessed and all fear pass away.”

When you've come to the end of the day, when you've come to the end of the week, when you've come to the end of what you know - it doesn't mean that you have seen the end of beauty.

When you arrive at the edge of what you know, you may feel overwhelmed by the mystery of it all. And you may also feel hopeful of the possibility of what could be. You might just stand there in the wide open of your unknowns with one glad maybe. Maybe even here, tomorrow could be beautiful. Maybe even here, grace will continue to find me. Maybe there's nothing wrong with maybe, maybe there's nothing wrong with being in the in-between. You can still come alive here; you can still become who you were meant to be. Whether the night sky shines with just a few stars or it's full blue in the light of the sun, you will never be able to figure out everything at once. And that's okay.

Grace and peace for the present moment will find you anyway. Allow yourself to embrace the maybe today. Allow yourself to breathe right here in the in between.

Journal: How will you embrace the “maybe” today?

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