The Blessed Life

A home is a sanctuary, a place of refuge and safety.  It is a home that nourishes the souls.  It should be a place of peace.  It should be the place where the souls find true comfort.  It is a heaven on Mother Earth. I should not treat my home as a hotel, just for me to sleep in.  I must not neglect the duty to clean it.  I should not leave the tasks of house cleaning and house keeping to the helper or a maid.  I have to be part of it.  It is what I do to the house, not with the help of the helper or a maid, that gives a direct expression to the state of my mind. Things in the house have to be organized.  They have to be neatly tidied up.  Just like a child who observes the parents to gain life lessons, the house watches the owners too.  It gives its blessings when the owners play their roles.  The energy that I put in into the house is returned back to me, accordingly. Everything there is in the house is because of something the owners do.  Whether it is the picture that I hang in the

I need to look into my life and question myself whether I dominantly think negatively or positively?  Do I spend time creating barriers or finding ways to get through them?  I know, and accept, that I am not perfect.  Such, in my life, there is always something to improve on. Life is always full of opportunities.  It has no boundary and the only boundary is on the way I think.  When I draw a line, I am limiting what I can achieve.  When I draw a line, I am not open to opportunities.  When a line is drawn, I narrow down all favourable circumstances. When I dream for a big house, for example, I have to focus on the joy of owning it and all the blessings.  I should not be thinking 'Oh, it is such a big house and I will be spending all my time cleaning' or 'Oh, this big space will harm my body'.  When I set boundary, the Universe will not provide nor will she conspire with my dream. To live a beautiful life, I must learn not to let my assumption set the reality.  The nature

A message was posted in a social media group and it makes me thinking.  It makes me wonder how egoistical am I?  Would I be able to realize and admit that I am one?  Am I that sort that must win at all costs rather than I do my best and just be humble?  Do I easily blame others when things don't go my way? The message reads 'Leave the ego, otherwise everyone leaves you'.   Even when everyone is to leave me, I have to live a humble life.  I have to find ways whether my arrogance is slowly putting people off?  Do I constantly talk about myself and brag all my family's greatest achievements and not asking others how they are?  Being humble will make a difference in the lives of all humans. I have to analyze my thoughts.  Do I feel superior to others?  Do I feel inferior to others?  What do I need to do to feel equal?  There has to be a way that I can self reflect.  Should I dismiss not to analyze my thoughts, I can become self centered. Too much arrogance will not make me

I have to welcome all the good things in life.  I welcome positive things as they make me joyful.  They make me to appreciate life.  They generate more positive things. I welcome peace.  Inner peace allows me to confront life with an open heart and mind.  It helps me to keep track of what is important.  It eliminates negative influences.  Peace resolves all conflicts without violence. I welcome love.  Love solidifies my desire to be human, a good human.  Love creates a sense of harmony in any forms of relationship.  Love inspires and it motivates me into doing something good for my growth and well being. I welcome happiness.  Happiness boosts major benefits for my health.  It helps my emotional mind, mental mind, physical mind and spiritual mind to function better.  Happiness makes me to be satisfied with who I am, with what I have. I welcome good health.  I must learn to treat my body with love and respect.  With good health, anything is possible.  Without it, I cannot live life to it

Age is just numbers.  But, the bigger the number, the bigger is the room for errors.  Just like the old car, the engine gets slower and there is high tendency of frequent breakdowns.  No one can escape the aging process but one can age gracefully. While I cannot guarantee that I will be healthy with no health problems, I am wishing for a sane state of mind as I am getting older.  I pray to have positive mindset.  I pray that my thinking process is flexible with time.  Of course I do pray for good health too. Positive aging is important.  It is necessary that I adopt a positive view of aging as a healthy normal part of life.  I should not be stubborn and insist that I have more experience.  My mindset has to change and that I will do whatever is needed in order to continue with the flow of time. Getting older does not mean that I have to be respected.  Getting older has nothing to do with wealth of life experiences.  Getting older means my time has, indeed, change and what I know may no

It is not where I came from but it is where I am going that counts.  But, do I know where I want to go?  What is my end game, my intention and my purpose?  Am I in love with my journey thus far?  What on earth am I here for? I should live a purpose driven life.  It has to be a life that consists of motivating aims, that I have goals and sense of direction.  Finding purpose will make my life meaningful.  It would give me to take ownership and be fully responsible for my actions and reactions. I need to create a life purpose statement.  It shall put me on course towards exploring the things I love to do.  When I have purpose, very likely that I will feel good about the way I am living my life.  I might feel there is some ultimate reason for my actions. Life has to give me a sense of satisfaction and connectedness.  Where there is logic, it helps me to rationalize to reach for higher level of my well being.  Knowing where I want to go makes it possible for me to exist.   When I have a def

Life thrives when there is strong bond.  Bonding helps the mind to grasp the importance of good relationship.  Bonding promotes the development of connections between souls.  It is a sharing of quality time to provide a sense of belonging and security. The fast pace of modern day can make it easy to forget the importance of spending time with loved ones.  When I find time to bond, the quality of life improves.  Spending quality time strengthens and develops deeper understanding.  It fosters an environment for open communication. Bonding brings happiness, relieves stress and provides comfort and joy.  When there is a strong connection between souls, caring relationship takes place.  It is in the state of true connectedness that life blooms and success is possible. I should enrich my life to bond with my loved ones.  It is the relationship quality that really counts.  When I am in a quality shared moments, it benefits my emotional health alongside the relationship health.   Bonding incre

When there is peace within, there shall be peace all around.  A smile in one's heart brings a smile to the next person.  Energy is contagious.  Especially when the energy is from the light of a beautiful soul.  All darkness turns to light.   On the other hand, one ugly word from a disturbed mind can turn the light back into darkness.  The energy of such individual that sucks another can drain many beautiful lives. I have to learn to be a good human.  I have to be good to myself to be good to others.  Though it shall not be important how the world sees me, understands me, values me.  But, what is important is that I see myself, understand myself and value myself.  I have to see myself the way God is looking at me. A rainbow shall always be a rainbow even if nobody looks up into the sky.  I will still be a human even when I am hard with life.  Or, when my life is full of magnificent and sumptuous happenings. Constantly, I have to remind myself that my energy affects others.  This wor

I need to spend time everyday to reflect on who I am.  It will do me good should I am able to have adjectives to describe about me.  It is good that I write them down.   I have to be honest with all the bad and the good.  And, I need to admit that my attitude, behaviour or character is not all roses. I should not allow my ego to guide me when I am reflecting.  I have to be truthful to my soul.  I should not let my soul be lied just because I need to look good to others.  Or to make myself sound good with all the adjectives describing me. Everyday, I have to go through the list.  As I go through it, I have to take the time to reflect.  I need to think why I gain that adjective, or lack of.  The more I go through it, the more I can become aware.  Repetition is the mother of learning and that is how my consciousness shall evolve. This exercise will make me to find about myself.  About my sense of purpose.  When I discover who I really am, hopefully, I shall have the knowledge by what Aris

It is the self love that I have for myself that makes me fly.  It is the love that I receive from my family that makes me feel I am safe.  It is the love that my friends give that brightens my day to day tasks. Importantly, it is the love of God that I feel within me that lifts me up to where I belong.  The love from the Divine prepares me for the future while making shine on the present.  It is like the long and quiet river that uplifts life.  It is the love that breathes in the soul and sets for secured paths ahead. Love is powerful.  Self love is self worth.  God's love is heavenly.   When I live in the greatness of love, I shall have an undivided heart.  The experience is far reaching and overwhelming.  It is a life support system.  Without it, I will not succeed.   Love encourages and lifts me up.  It is magical and it is the wind beneath my wings.  I am certain that when I greet love with love, I will soar high.  When I follow the path of love, I soar higher.   Love changes l

When I can keep myself calm, when I can be patient, it is when harmony exists.  It is when understanding heightens.  It is when joy sneaks in through my life and peace celebrates.  It is when the divine light within burns brighter.  It is where I am surrounded with divine angels. Calmness provides a better way to deal with stress.  It avoids the possibility of any un-pleasantries, all the drama in life.  Staying clam allows my mind to think logically.  It makes me to make decision easier.  Clarity of mind is important to keep me safe and sane. Keeping calm is a bliss.  The soul opens up the avenues for solutions and letting it be with peace.  When I am at peace, the mind becomes insightful to make me to think clearly.  With calmness, I will learn how to develop patience. Patience enables me to analyze things and situations.  Patience is essential to daily life.  Having patience means I am able to act calmly in the face of frustration or adversity.  Patience is the pause button to help

Whatever that I want to do, I must do it with love and for love.  Even at the slightest smallest things.  When every actions are done with love and for love, the Universe bounces it back.  Every actions have an equal and opposite reactions. It is important that I do all tasks with my heart intact.  When I carry them out from my heart, God will guide me.  God will place love in motion, that's a certainty.  I will, in return, be happy knowing that I am honest with myself.  I will be stress free and have nothing to worry about because I do what I believe I have to do. However, when I do the tasks not with love and for love, and with half my heart, my actions get me nowhere.  Things will not usually end right.  There will be adverse consequences.  I should eliminate doing things half-heartedly should I not wanting half-hearted results. I need to instill the energy of love in my heart.  Certainly, when there is only love in the heart, I get to learn not to complain.  I must learn not to

I should not look back into my life with regrets.  Every moment I live is treasured.  Every person I engage with, every situation I face, every experience I go through, every argument and every laughter .. these are moments that have given me the meaning and purpose to life. I have to embody every minute of my life and welcome them.  I have to be happy.  I do not have to wait for something outside of me to make my happy.  I have to live every moment as if I am not going to get that back ever again.  Because in life, there are no rewinds.  Once a moment passes, it is gone forever. Life happens.  And, each moment is a gift.  It is a present and that is exactly how I should live too - to be in the present, always.  I need to take advantage of every single opportunity that comes along my way.  I have to cherish them, treasure them and turn them into beautiful memories. Life has moments and each moment is precious in its own unique way.  It will give me a lesson that teaches me something. 

The best way for me to predict my future is to create it.  What I plant today, the seed will grow.  It is the Law of Manifestation.  And, together with the Law of Gestation, the seed will turn to be a beautiful tree in times to come.  It is a beautiful tree because I want it to be. Whatever that I am creating, I have to nurture it.  I have to care and protect it while it is growing.  Perhaps, I may even want to empower it with a little prayer and feed it with faith so the Universe will work with me.  I have to let my conscious and sub-conscious minds to conspire with the future. That is how life works.  Whatever I am looking for, I will find.  Like the saying goes, 'I found the 10 acre lot because I was looking for the 10 acre lot'.  What I can hold in my heart, I can have it in my hands.  It is all about living in the possibility of miracles.   There is always miracle when I believe it.  I just have to believe it. Reality of life moves in the direction of my dominant thought. 

Is life a constant struggle?  Is there a necessity to go through loss, disappointment and countless failures to turn life around?  Why can't good things be the status quo? Should there be no pain, there shall be no gain.  Should there be no heartaches, I will never get to learn to be positive.  Everything has to happen, both the good and the bad.  There is wisdom to every happening.  They are the given opportunity to learn, heal and grow. Choosing to reflect on life is necessary.  It is not an activity of wasting time.  It has to be done.  It is life's noblest appreciation.  It is where I get to ask why things happen.  It makes the world I live in to become softer and kinder place.  Reflection makes me to be grateful, no matter how hard or small. My actions can frame more positive outcomes when I commit to doing the work of learning.  I have to remember that life really is not all that complicated but I am.  More than often, it is the way I think that makes it worse. When I cho

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass.  I have to learn to embrace the storm and not to run from it.  It would be good that I look for the value it brings and to learn from the experience. While I may not see the sun during the storm, it will always be there.  There will always be better days after the storm has passed.  In the storm, I must learn to dance in the rain.  Facing the storm, I must not give up.  I have to face solving the challenges. A good life is when I learn to live, be it during the storm or on good times.  At all times, I should not hesitate and procrastinate but to do something good for myself.  I should not simply wait around for good time.  Good times start when I am doing something good, meaningful, purposeful and useful. It is normal that I will face storms in life.  That's the reality I have to face.  It is up to me to determine how I will respond.  But, I must also know that time and tide wait for no Man.  I must take action and be proactive.  Som

Whenever I think of being one with the Divine, I feel raised.  There is a sense of meaning, of purpose and a sense of self.  It makes me wanting to see my life in a bigger picture.  It encourages me to live as a divine being fully embracing my humanity.   It pieces every desires on my well being and the connection to all life forces. It nudges me to question my moral and spiritual awakening.  There are  constant thoughts whether I am living right, whether I can do better?  Whether I have learned any lessons usefully? Becoming a human is a great undertaking, especially when the duty is love.  When I am not giving a good definition to my existence, I will not live life fully.  But what is 'being human'?  What are the true intrinsic qualities of a human?  Why is there a need to understand about existence, or life specifically?  What are virtues of spiritual awakening? The divine feeling raises humans vibrations.  It fills me with love, that I am safe and never alone.  It challenge

Words are energy.  Such, I have to be conscious of my chosen words whenever I am communicating.  Whenever I self talk.  Whenever I am expressing my feelings, my thoughts.  When I want my life to be filled with everything positive, everything beautiful, so should be my words. Words manifest.  They grow with reality and time.  Words have many layers and are more than just a way to communicate.  They hold vibrations, have power.  I need to accept on this unique concept, especially when it is hard to grasp. I have to avoid saying 'poor thing'.  When I say someone a poor thing, or an incident a poor thing, or something a poor thing, I am empowering the poor state of being.  'Poor' in itself is a negative word and it compounds the situation.  It aggravates the flow to let it be better. Likewise,  when I am hopeful to be blessed and to receive abundance in life, I should avoid saying that I am in a poor situation.  Science has shown that negative words can affect on a deep psy

To tolerate is a great virtue.  Especially when life is surrounded with many differences, and of all kinds.  Especially when there are so many different choices to choose from.  Especially when humans' ways of lives are defined by their unique different backgrounds, customs, cultures and environments. Tolerance makes life possible for all humans to co-exist peacefully.  It is an act that is required for living with diversity.  It is essential in which humans can lead their lives the way they wish. Being tolerant opens a heart.  It means that I accept other people's opinions and their preferences.  Tolerance also means that I should not put my opinions above others to make myself looks good. Do I have to tolerate?  When I cannot, it shows that I have an internal problem.  What I see in others exist in me too.  When I can resolve that, I shall understand being a human with a heart. Do I have to keep on tolerating?  I have to ask myself if that makes me happier?  While I want to b

When I want to do something, want to give something or share something, it has to be done for the love of it.  It should not be done, given or shared for a conditional reason.  And, it must not be.  When it is done, given or shared for love, it awakens the soul and lits the divine flame in the heart to bring peace to the mind. I should not be doing, giving and sharing something out of pity.  Or, out of my needs to be rewarded.  Or, because I want to be seen as the kindest good person.  Or, I am showing off my intellect that I think I know more things. For the love of life, everything is beautiful when things are done, given or shared from the purest of the heart.  Where, for the love, the end result does not matter.  What matters is when the deeds provide a win win for everybody. When I want to do something, give something or share something, I should avoid counting on the cost.  The cost on my efforts or time.  Love should not tire me nor I feel I will have no more love left for me. 

There is no wasted time in life.  Every moment is relevant.  Every moment is important.  All the moments in our Life are God's Love to make us to become better humans. Every path we cross, in each moment of our lives, brings lessons and purposes.  Some may not be pleasing and might be painful as they happen.  Some might hurt. Good and bad moments are linear experiences.  They have to be unified as one.  They are meant to take place.  They happen for us to re-member back to God.  Knowing that, the greater truth will appear when we are grateful for them to have taken place.  All that we have to do is to fully accept them.   With acceptance, we learn at every experiences.  With acceptance, God will reach out to us and will make all things right by Him.  When it is right by Him, it shall be right by you. Thank you, all dear ones, for making my moments. They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel. - Carl W Buechner When I am gone, I am gone.  What sh

Life is always about choices.  And, just because I can make a choice, does not mean I should.  Some things are better left alone.  At times, it is good to do nothing.  Really nothing. When I can turn off all distractions, it allows space for my subconscious to expand.  It allows me to be in the moment and let me be one with my soul.  It is at this stage of doing nothing that gives me to think for a larger sense of purpose.  When I choose to leave things alone, I will be in a state of non interference. To do nothing is a chance to slow down.  To leave things alone is to let the Universe to make things right.  These acts are not about losing in motivation nor to make me to lose hope in life.  These acts are to allow me to surrender.  Surrender is a journey from outer busyness to inner peace. The moment of surrender is not when life is over.  It is when life begins.  Lao Tzu, the Chinese philosopher says 'To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders'.   Surrendering do

When I want to complain, I have to be mindful.  Complaining is an emotion signalling that I am unable to comprehend another's acts.  It is a lack of empathy on my part.  It is me jumping into conclusion.  Without full realization, it is the ego that says 'Hey, I am the good one.' When I am full of annoyance about something, I must step up.  Not doing anything will not improve the situation.  It is useless, and a wasted energy, to continue to express dissatisfaction and insisting not to let things go.  Complaining, definitely, is not going to harmonize any situations. Obviously I am affected when I am complaining.  What I am dismissing here, there are deep issues that I have not completely resolved within me.  It is always very easy to shift the blame elsewhere.  When I shift it, my ego does not get hurt.  This is the hard truth. Instead of complaining, I have four alternatives.   First:  I can stand up and I can voice up.  I can share what I think, though it may not be the

There is good in everything.  It is just how I choose to look at it.  Everything that has worth has a price.  Everything that happens is meant to be.  Everything happens for good reasons. Everything that I am experiencing, day by day, is teaching me something.  They are to let me to embrace life and to be a better person.  Every person I meet, every happening that is happening, has purpose.  A much higher purpose.   All I need to do, day by day, is to stay positive and think positive.  What's meant to be will always find a way. Life is tagged with Universal Laws.  It includes the Law of Cause and Effect, the Law of Attractions and the Law of Reflection.   Understanding them will make me positive.  Understanding them will let me to participate in life.  Understanding them makes me to flow with opportunities easier. There is no point in resisting when everything is meant to be.  I may not agree but eventually things will fall into place.  I am the creator of the life that I have been

Every day is simply another day.  While there is a Monday or Friday or Sunday, it is no more than another day.  While there is a change of date, a change of month or year, the sun still rises and it sets daily. What difference is how I make the day to be.  How my day shall be depends on the moment I greet it in the morning.  I have to begin each day with a grateful heart.  How it ends has to do with my conscious interactions at every moment. What do I want my day to be?  How do I want to spend it? What matters most is I remain happy and healthy, every day.  There has to be love and peace of mind.  Today, and every other day, I have to live to be nice, be kind, be humble, be useful and be real.  It would be good if I can be a blessing too.  These are values that I have to nurture.  Only when I give them to me that I can give to others. What matters most is that I remember to love myself more, before giving my love to others.  How I treat others is a reflection of my character. What matt

I only live once and when I can make things right, once is enough.  It does not matter what others think whether I have done anything at all.  Importantly, the good experience where I have gained makes me to move forward, with better feelings. It takes a good deal of courage and confidence to keep life going.  To persevere through challenges, good and the not so good, and ended with good feelings is an achievement.  When I am happy with my efforts, I must learn to accept I have done a good job.  That, in itself, already is a very grand accomplishment. The accomplishment comes from courage and confidence.  They go hand in hand.  One of the most courageous things I can do is to know who I am.  It is the confident in knowing my identity that I gain courage and strength. Life requires that I take charge of my responsibilities.  I need to have the commitment to smile in trouble, can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflections.  When I do that, life grants joy, happiness and

I will never know the extent of pain another individual is experiencing.  I will not be able to comprehend it even though I think I know what pain means academically.  For me to say 'Yes, I understand' is not a true statement. I may be able to relate to the feeling but does my perception do?  What I feel is empathy.  Empathy is not the same as feeling the pain.  As is, when a person says he or she is in pain, it can be more than just the physical sensation.  It is also emotional, mental and even spiritual. It is a fact that I may not truly grasp the full extent and intensity of the pain others feel.  And, I will never do.  It shall be my ego intellect that thinks I understand it. Emotions are personal.  Two people who are feeling hurt, for example, experience hurt differently.  Two people going through grief react in two different manners.  Two sorrowful individuals have varied levels of sorrow. Instead of saying 'Yes, I understand and feel you', I should say 'I hea

Where there is a will, there shall be a way.  It depends on how much determination do I have inside of me wanting to achieve for that something.  Should that something mean a lot to me, I will always find a way to accomplish it regardless of any obstacles. Everything there is here on Mother Earth is up for grab.  The Universe is infinite with plenty of abundance.  Anything and everything is possible.  There are no limits to what I can accomplish except the limits I place on my own thinking. It is the way I think that makes it impossible.  The mind can be full of doubts.  Doubt will not turn everything to work.  When there is even the slightest doubt, there shall be lack of conviction to perform.  Doubt gives the feeling of uncertainty about the truth. Khalil Gibran says 'Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother'.  I must learn to doubt my doubts, and throw them away, before I doubt about faith.  The sky is the limit and I should never doubt the divine l

Behind those tears is a heart that cries.  A heart that is longing for the emotions of love to be in a state of being.  A heart that desperately yearning for love, unconditional love, in action. Behind those tears is the story of trauma.  The trauma that has paralyzed growth to take place.  An event that buries the sense of security.  A happening that leaves scars where hope is lost. Behind those tears is a feeling of sorrow.  A human sadness that screams for human connection, compassion and understanding. Behind those tears lies the desire for connectedness.  The longing for loving interaction and the wish for better ways to live. Behind those tears is the expression of joy.  The deep peace of being one with divinity.  Every step closer to the Divine brings joy and, hopefully, less tears in the great ocean of human history. In this world full of pleasure so frail, I will let my tears build the courage to live.  Let the tears feel that life is worth living.  Let them have positive rela

Sometimes all that I can do is to let love speak with my tears.  To have these tears to bring in the joy and peace within me.  Tears will lead me to a place filled with serenity and tranquility. Tears are signs of happiness, sadness, fear or gratitude.  Above all, they signify the language of love.  They are the best expression of the heart.  When words may not do justice but tears do.  Tears speak volumes of the years of love the heart has devoted to. For the sweetness to keep things in harmony, it is best not to let words do the talking.  Words may not get to express the complete emotions of the heart, of love. Tears, however, complete the hidden messages and make things right.  At the same time, tears wash away and soothe all pains. Behind the tears is my prayer for all things good and well.  It is the outward 'voice' for the inner passion of the heart and the soul.  Love is tears.  It is in every single drops that fall.  Tears represent what something, or someone, really me

What I am today is the result of what I do and think in my past.  How I end here today is the manifestation of all my dreams and goals I make from my yester-years.  Why is my life is the way it is today is the consequence of my past thoughts, words, deeds and actions.   Today is the sum total of all my yesterdays on what I think, I say, I do and I act. Today is a day for another chance to change, for the better.  It is a new day to harvest the future.  It is a gift and not a given right.  I should live as if today is my last day.  Today comes with the power to clean and erase the past.  Today, I have to learn and re-learn as if I would live forever. When I clean and erase the past, I rewind the moments of my life and get them mended.  I create for new opportunities.  Hopefully, the hands of time will land on my side.  I have to clean and erase my past beliefs, my past errors and all of my past wrong-doings. Today, I shall live by what is right by me.  But, what is right by me does not

All actions and reactions are acts of Love.  I do something and react to something because love moves me.  Love is the verb in getting me to act and react.  It makes me to deal with choices.  And, the choices may end up good or not so good. What makes me to act and react is because Love makes it possible.  Love is the motivating reason that moves me to act and react to all things.  What does not motivate will not end up with any actions and reactions.   In fact, without love, there will be excuses and more excuses and there will be no actions. Where there is love, everything is possible.  When there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there will always be time.  That is the power of love.  Love is a continual action, continual choice and continual promise.  It triggers the actions.  It engages to be proactive. It is said 'Love can move mountains'.  Love makes unusual sacrifices.  It defies logic.  Everything that is done with love has a place, even in the darkest and tinie

Should I want to know what is the healthy state of my emotional mind, mental mind and spiritual mind, all that I need to do is to look around everything inside the house.  Everything in the house tells stories on the states of these minds. I need to look inside my wardrobe and the drawers.  I need to look inside my kitchen cabinet and the drawers.  Next, I should look inside the fridge and the freezer.  And inside the store room.   How organized are my living room, dining room and my bedroom?  When was the last time I paid attention to all the things inside these places? Perhaps, I may want to place my fingers and wipe through the tops of the shelves.  And inside the drawers.  Are they clean?  Do I have things that I have not touched for the last one year?  Do I treasure each and every piece I have or they are now white elephants? Am I proud of what I see?  Or, I could not be bothered at all?  What I feel when I look at all these places is important.  They represent the accurate repres

All my life is a paper.  Once is plain, pure and white.  The paper is inked the day I start my journey greeting the world.  Slowly, day by day, my story unfolds. At every stage and at every breath, as I become one with my earthly life, that more and more texts are added.  At times, the paper is filled with paints of colours.  At times, I add some music too.   At the end of each day, a chapter is conceived.  Most times, there are different parts of something in the chapter.  Each part fill with smile and pain; with sweetness and sorrow and of love. There are days that these chapters are just one plain sheet.  Other days, when colours and music are mixed, they add to few more. How do I want the chapter to be at the end of each day?  What shall be on my final chapter?  What shall be the title of the book at the end of my life? My thoughts fill the paper.  So are my words, my deeds and my actions.  They build the contents.  They shape my life.  They spruce up the up and down. As I write, I

When I do not know myself much, how can others say they do?  Likewise, when others do not know themselves in and out, how can I say I know them?  Does being an observer put me in a position to know another person, better and more? Being aware is a good thing but awareness is one tricky thing.  Understanding who I truly am is not hundred percent possible.  Should it be possible, I will no longer have to struggle in pursuing my dreams.  I would have made better decisions, probably no need to work so hard, and should have led much better life. There are many ways I can get to know me.  I could engage myself with personality and behaviour tests.  I can ask the people who think they know me best.  I can go for therapy and self awareness workshops.  Or I keep records of my thoughts, feelings, actions and reactions.  At the end, I can get close in knowing about me but to truly know is a question mark. I am not what I seem to be.  I may be doing something when in actuality I may be doing it ag

What is time?  Is time a reflection of change?   A person may say that life is short.  Such, humans are told to do what is needed to be done and not to waste time.  Then, there is another that finds that time is such a long long road with no sight of an end. Is time all about perception?  Is time an illusion?  Is time measured by experience?   When in good times, it feels that time passes quickly.  On the opposite, a waiting (for example) makes time to drag on.  When a change happens in life, a sense of time is felt.  Change is real but time is? The reality is, time has direction.  It always has the flow and it advances forward.  Time has order creating one thing after another.  Time has duration where there is a quantifiable period between events. The purpose of time is in its appreciation.  Time is the fabric of reality.  How do I want to quantify it?  How can I make the time for a special moment with some kind of flow toward an absolute direction? As the world is constantly unfoldin

Everything is a gift of the Universe.  A loving person lives in a loving world.  A hostile person lives in a hostile world.  Everyone I meet is simply my mirror.  He or she reflects my belief systems and perceptions back to me. Like the mirror, the outside world throws back at me all my inner beliefs.  When I doubt about myself, the world will seem to doubt me too.  When I lack confidence, the world fails to see it too.  When I think I am an idiot, others will show me that they are right. Rumi says 'Between the mirror and the heart is this single difference: the heart conceals secrets, while the mirror does not!' Everything that is done in life, everything that I see in the mirror is for me to see who I am.  It is made for me to become aware.  It is to liberate me.  I have to take full responsibility and look inward.   Until I start believing in myself, I will continue to receive a reflection through others that is un-supportive, resistant and negative. People's actions and

Whatever I do, I should not forget to be human.  To be human, I need to show humane qualities - love, kindness, empathy or generosity.  And honesty, integrity, courage, self awareness and wholeheartedness.  To be human, I should have the ability to choose between right and wrong.   I need to treat others the way I like to be treated.  I need to be nice to others for others to be nice to me.  When respect is important to me, I have to respect others first.  It is when I appreciate humans, I will be human. Being human means I accept that I am not perfect.  That, I will make mistakes.  Making mistakes allows me to learn what I value, what I like, what I do not want and what I do not need.  Mistakes are to make me a better human for they are learning opportunities. To be human is to experience life in all its colours and all its potentials.  But, while I am experiencing life, I must remember to remember that I need to be human.  In whatever that I do, I should not neglect humanity. How goo

When and where there is love, there is life.  With love, respect comes naturally.  Feeling love and sharing love toward others, including nature, opens up space for growth.  It changes everything. When and where there is love, hate has no room to breathe.  There shall be no room for indifference too.  Love unites.  Love understands.  When and where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there will always be time.  Love brings all relationship closer. Without love, all things break loose.  The passport to bind and bond takes effect.  There shall be unwritten conditions, limitations and rules.  Without love, it is easy to condemn others, insult others and judge others.  Without love, it is easier to throw someone under the bus. When and where there is love, I should not be making errors, mistakes and wrong doings.  Fact that I am repeatedly making errors, mistakes and wrong doings shows that I have to work on love.   Here is a good chance for me to tell myself that I am not, and

Till my mind can fully understand, it will always wonder.  Day by day, as long the questions are not answered, my mind shall roam.  But, is this the way I should live?  Does not it make me to be aimlessly 'chasing after the wind'?  To do everything I ever want and to find that moment of happiness and peace and still feel a void that the wind could just blow through? Life is best lived when I can be in the present.  I should live in the present, here in the Now, and not bound by the past nor the worries of the future.  In the Now makes me to practice realistic approach to things.  I will not be carried away with past recollections or futile dreams about future. Life is best lived when I stop chasing but living.  Everything there is, is here.  There is nothing outside and I should not neglect what is inside me.  I am the driver of my life.  I am the captain to set my directions.  The only journey is the one within. When I want to feel God, I do not have to be inside the church, i

When I cannot be kind to others, I cannot hurt them too.  I should not, intentionally, flame off their lights.  I hold no right to do that.  I should avoid thinking I am always good, much clever and perpetually wise.  By what measures do I think I have 'eaten more salt than they have of rice'? When I think I am hurt, I need to learn to turn the pains into wisdom.  I need to heal the wounds without blaming others.  Instead, I should spend the time to look at the light within me.   I have to own my actions, my feelings, my thoughts and take full responsibility of them.  What have I created within me to cause the pain, for me and for others? While I am what I am, unique in my own ways, I am not special.  I am just an ordinary living human committed to clean my own perceptions, thoughts and tendencies.  Such, I cannot exert others.  Nor should I impose on them. It is the love for the light within that lights humanity and the world.  It is the only light that gives the most beautifu

To be kind takes a lot of effort.  It takes both awareness and consciousness.  It requires mindfulness and the understanding toward Love.  It is an alignment process of a human with the soul, the very thing that breathes life for humanity sake. Kindness begins with respect.  It needs the kindness of the heart and actions.  It needs me to watch my mouth, my words.  The words of kindness heal the world.  Just like the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes bitterness, hate, grudges, ill will to evaporate. When I want compassion in my life, I have to give compassion.  Kindness begets kindness.  Being kind not only makes the world a better place but for humans to feel good too.  What's more, it has a positive impact on myself as well. Kindness is more important than wisdom.  It is an act where it makes the deaf can hear and the blind can see.  It transforms hurt and heals the pain.  When I do not know about how others live and never in their shoes, I should not judge but be kind.  Kindnes

Next to prayer, the next best thing that I should instill inside me is to boost my immune system.  It is what I have to do with the ongoing pandemic, which is experiencing new wave with the new variant.  I have to help myself to help the world. I have to let go all negativities.  I have to stop being angry, being bitter, being resentful and being uptight.  These negative emotions are not going to help my immune system.  These negative emotions will make me vulnerable. Is this what the virus wants from humanity?  That we extinguish all negativities on Mother Earth?  That we focus on the next best thing, that is love and only love? Not letting go of all these negativities will not help my body to heal itself.  It will not aid nor support the divine inside me.  For the body to heal itself, for my immune system to boost, it needs both the mind and the divine within to work together, in total partnership. The health being on my mental and emotional is important.  My emotions affect my immun