The Blessed Life

"The greatest thing you'll learn is just to love and be loved in return."  This is such a beautiful sentence, taken from the song "Nature Boy". Love is amazing and it is universal.  I am born of love.  Yet, I do not think much about it.  I take love for granted as much as I am accepting without question the air that I breathe.  Both sustain lives and yet I do not give them much thought.  Yet, I hardly think of them because they will always be available or stay exactly the same. When was the last time I thanked Love and the Air?  When was the last time I said "Thank you" to all the things that are around me? Have I thanked my wallet that houses the money, the important cards and that carries a photo of my loved ones? Have I thanked my bed that gives me the good goodnight sleep? Have I thanked my house that provides me with a safe home? Have I thanked the green grass, the tall trees, the beautiful flowers for beautifying my world? Have I thanked the wind...

Life lessons can be learned at any time.  It is whether I can appreciate and apply them.  Wisdom does not have to wait for the right place, right time.  Everything that is happening to me has a story to teach me.  Each event, each happening and each encounter is waiting for my realization. It depends on my desire, that very strong feeling of wanting, to learn.  Am I hungry enough for wisdom, to accept that there is meaning to life?  It has to do with awareness.  Have I been listening to myself?   When I am not, I will not be able to live my life to the fullest.  I will not know my values and will not know my life's purpose. Lessons to become aware come in many forms.  I have to understand on coincidences, on the synchronicity of life.  Synchronicity goes beyond space and time.  Synchronicity helps me to move forward and to enter a new phase of life.  The key is whether I am aware to comprehend its existence and follow...

I am not here to live forever.  Life and Death go hand in hand.  Without one, there cannot be another.  Between the time I was born till the day I go, my life here is not about a dress rehearsal.  There are no second chances.  Everything there is for me,  I only get one shot at it.  This is it. Where my Life is now, this is the real thing.  Life is long enough to fool me into thinking it will last forever, yet short enough to waste.  I have to take ownership of my life.  I have to get to understanding and wisdom. How will I live my life?  Do I indulge at meaningless activities or do I live with purpose?  Do I spend my days complaining or do I give appreciation and gratitude?  Do I wait for something to happen or do I make it happen?  Do I criticize the efforts of others or do I take initiative to be proactive? I cannot give my life more time.  Death is absolutely guaranteed upon all.  It is already written....

It is the fact of life.  Everything passes no matter what.  Whatever that I am feeling, experiencing and undergoing has its time and rhythm.  Ultimately, these phases pass and everything changes.  Everything that is in life is changeable, everything appears and disappears. The lesson I have to learn here is, I need patience, time and reflection.  Everything that happens has a beginning and an end.  The bad thing will not be bad forever.  And when I am having the good thing, I have to remember to make the most of it to have it as a good memory. When I have patience, I lack nothing.  With patience, I am able to advance and enjoy my life journey, take on changes and not allow the presence to escape.  With all that passed will give rise to meaning.  What I have to do is to be more aware of what is happening. Time changes the nature of the Universe.  Nothing remains and nothing stays.  The understanding of this phenomenon makes the ...