Today brings what it must

The dawn brings a clear sky,

Light shining through the darkness,

Promises of a bright and beautiful day.

Learning and growing all the time

Life is such a wonderful journey.  A roller coaster ride lasting a life time.

Sometimes things are on such a high that we can't contain all the happiness and fun that we have and I am sure that we all believe that the good times will never end.  I know from my own experience that when everything in life is going so well in life we tend not to think that bad things can happen or that life can change suddenly.

Stop collecting baggage

Looking back at my life...

In my teens...
I looked at the world with innocence,
People were good, everyone could be trusted,
There could be no wrong in the world.
Energy wise, no negative energies had latched on.

It's just one step at a time

I took the first step...
It was not a very big one,
Just a small step because my heart told me 'it won't hurt to try'.

I was nervous at first
Apprehensive and scared.

I took the first step...
My fears did not materialise,
Wow, I actually felt nice, lighter, happy.
I realised that there was nothing to be afraid of, nothing gobbled me up.

My confidence increased, my strength grew,
I felt better than I had in a long time.

And so I took the next step...
The apprehension and fear was less,
I was riding on the high from my first step.

And so I carried on, one step at a time
Growing in strength and courage, leaving the fear behind.

I soon realised that I had taken several steps,
And then I looked back
I could not see the person who was scared to take that first step
For the person I had become had taken charge of my life and destiny.

Looking ahead there are many more steps to take,
I take each step knowing that it can only get better.

In Love and Light

Faith and trust that things will get better

It has been such a long time since I've blogged.  A time filled with some life changing events which have had me questioning every belief and thought on what and how life should be.  What is the truth about life ?

I am writing from my experience and these are my views and perceptions.  If you do not share it, that is perfectly fine, we each have our path to follow.

Today is a good day

Good days, bad days, in between days,
Each day bring with it all kinds of experiences and emotions.

Do what is best for you

There are all kinds of people in the world, those who encourage you, wish the best for you and will always let you hold your power, those who wish to manipulate you, take your energies from you, want to control you all the time and those in between who while not really meaning to take your power and keep you in their control may end up doing it when circumstances arise.

The journey

Your journey is unique to you,
No one else can walk your path,
Tell you how to walk your path,
Or stop you from walking your path.

The feminine - balance and harmony

It's Sunday morning, I've been up for more than two hours, and just got a chance to sit down now.  I even had my coffee standing up!!  Not wanting to go into detail and boring everyone; the morning chores, sending my husband off for his cricket having made a hot breakfast and a packed lunch, looking after our pets needs, I finally get to sit down for a little while.

Being happy is not a sin

To be happy is in your nature
It is a state of being and not doing.

We get falsely led to believe that we do not deserve to be happy,
Or maybe that it is not for us,
And when we do feel happy we start feeling guilty because of it.

Do away with and banish such thoughts for they are not true,
You are a being meant to be in a state of happiness, joy, contentment.

The temporary situations that lead us to experience the opposite of these emotions
Are only temporary as they should be
Helping us to realise what it is to be in a state of happiness.

Be in a state of happiness in whatever you experience
Even in pain and disruption be happy that you have the chance to understand, appreciate and know what the state of being happy is.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

The way out of sadness

Sadness comes to all of us at sometime or the other
Ignoring it, wont make it go away.
Accepting it and making it your own does not help.

The only way to move out of sadness
Is to acknowledge the reason for the sadness
See if you can change the situation to convert it into a joyful one
And if you can't then accept the situation for what it is
And let go of the emotions that you are attaching with the situation
By saying this does not serve me anymore
And willingly walk the path out of sadness

Laugh as much as you can, it's a sure way to make you feel better
And there will always be something to laugh about.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Beauty - its what you feel that matters

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder - such a well known phrase.  But what does it really mean?

I think the most common interpretation of this is when we refer to seeing beauty in another person, and sometimes we can't see why someone sees beauty in another and the only way the 3rd person can explain it is by saying this phrase.

Defeat - failure or temporary set back

How do you look at defeat?

Do you take it as a failure and give up or a temporary set back where you take time to recuperate and come back fighting?

We cannot succeed in everything we do, there will be times in our lives when we face defeat in something.  It is part of our life, it is how we react and come out of it that matters more than the actual event that defeated us.

If we say that we are giving up, that it is too difficult for us to try again, then we are accepting failure which is an end in itself.  We are accepting that we are not capable of something and this may be even before we have started on something.  It may be that when we hit the first stumbling block, we think that it's too much for us to handle.  The other extreme is that we keep trying again and again and still find that we do not succeed.  In this case are we being too stubborn and are not allowing ourselves to see that this may not be the path for us?

If we can keep ourselves open to looking at things in a different light, from a different perspective, we can then find a way out of the defeat by shifting our thought process to see things differently and we will be able to come back fighting to make a success or change direction so that we can go on the right path to success.

I believe the key is in being open to accepting that what we see as the right path may not necessarily be true.  The destination may be the same, but we may have to change directions to get there.  And by doing this we are not accepting defeat as a failure, but as a temporary set back from where we can keep going till we reach our final destination.

For if we never try, we will never know where we can reach.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Resolve old issues

It is always easier to push things under the carpet, bury it in denial, or just ignore it hoping the problem will go away.  It may do for a while, but it will always come back till it is resolved.

Today is my day

It's a new day
It's a new dawn, a new beginning
It's the next step to the rest of my life.

You be the centre of peace

YOU be the centre of peace
Calm in the midst of turmoil
Strong as the winds howl around you
Peaceful as you are surrounded by chaos.

From this centre of peace
You are the force that can bring calmness to any situation
Filling the situation with Love
And changing negative to positive.

Rest assured that you are where you are meant to be
In a situation that is bringing to you what you need to experience
And in that knowledge move forward and change things for the better.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Keep moving, keep changing

Change is constant
Moving us in directions that we may have never imagined.

Nothing stays still,
There is motion in everything, change in everything.

We can resist change with all our strength,
But that does not mean that we can stop change.
This only means that we endure suffering because we can't accept change.

Change may be good or it may be bad,
But one certainty with change is that if it is bad one time, then it can only get better the next time.

Like riding a roller coaster with its ups and downs
We move up and down, feeling the excitement and thrill if we allow ourselves to.

Enjoying change is the only way to accept it,
And by accepting change we will be able to deal with it as we should,
Embracing it and making the best of it.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Life is what you make of it

Life is what you make of it
It can be anything you choose it to be

You can have fun in everything you do
Experiencing life as it should be
For life is a joyful experience and will always be whatever the situation

How we decide to react to Life determines how we experience it.

My personal preference is to sing, play, dance, love through life because that feels much better than being unhappy, miserable and complaining about life all the time.

And having a positive outlook on life is much healthier as well!

Enjoy life for that is what it's meant to be.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

Laughter is really the best medicine

We have all experienced laughing till our sides hurt that we had to stop or literally laughing till we slipped off the chair.  If you haven't experienced this, then you have missed out on one of the biggest joys in life.

Laughter and crying are opposite sides of the same coin. We need both in our lives, there is a time for crying and there is a time for joy and laughter.  One cannot live without the other.

But laughter is definitely the much better side, the energy and the feeling of it brings you to a natural high on positive energy and love.  There is a funny side to everything in life and if you can see that, life is always going to be a much better experience.

You will find laughter around you all the time, just waiting for you to see it, acknowledge it and share in it.  Even your thoughts can bring you smiles and laughter, there is just a thin line changing a smile into laughter.

And the best part is that laughter is contagious, it can spread joy and love around you very quickly.

Always find time to laugh, do something spontaneous and funny today to make you laugh like you haven't in a long time and feel the difference in yourself.

Laugh today and everyday and you will begin to see the difference in your life.

Have a blessed day
In Love and Light

It's what you choose

As we go through life we get so many circumstances thrown at us and sometimes we feel so overwhelmed that we are ready to give up and let the situation control us and get the better of us.  This always seems the easier way out, just giving up because it becomes difficult.