I just happened to see these five words somewhere, and I am appreciating this positive affirmation more and more. I find this sentence fascinating. The more I think about it, I can see that even the bad and ugly parts of life are meaningful to me. Why? Because they test my courage, strength, ability to dream a better vision, my faith, my trust in the ultimate good in myself and in others, and it encourages my ability to love beyond what I thought possible. Even if I don't recognize what the meaning of the present chaos in life might be, I know that one day … I will. You see, I live by one word: Trust. I trust in love, light, and in the goodness in people.

"Everything is meaningful to me" ignites a sense of gratitude that is beyond all words. I am grateful for being alive, and for my breath, your breath, my ability to open my heart after I have closed it; my ability to move on during tough challenges; unexpected laughter and tears, and of course I see meaning in all of nature itself. I appreciate the mystery of the universe, and all the things you can't see, but you can feel and sense without knowing the "why" to any of it.

"Everything is meaningful to me" because that is the nature of a "Heart-Dreamer." No matter what, we survive and even thrive through adversity, because we know that one day we will understand the lessons, the learning and the deeper meaning of life.