The Blessed Life

To know myself, I have to know the people around me.  I have to describe them in truthful ways.   I have to think of everyone in my family and be mindful of their strengths and weaknesses.  Then, I think of my close friends and do the same.  I will continue next, to think of my other friends.   Next, I shall think about my colleagues, my neighbours and so on.  It will do me good should I extend and think of everyone else that cross my path. The larger I can think of more people, the better it is for me to form an idea about myself.  About my values, about my attitude, about my beliefs and behaviours. People with whom I interact with are gifts from the Divine.  Everyone has a message for me.  They show up at the perfect time in my live to reflect something I need to heal within myself. My reactions to all these groups of people are indicative to who I really am.  When I am judgemental of others, I am, in fact, judging myself.  W...

Let everyday be a good day for a good day, no matter what.  I should not make it otherwise.  When I can make myself to believe in that, everyday will add a little cheer and spirit to my daily life. A good day is when I spend my time and attention on things that matter.  That gives me a smile at the end of the day.  A good day is when I feel that I have achieved in doing a good task, even the smallest thing.  A good day leaves me feeling more energized. Yes, I have those days when nothing goes right.  Are those days, when nothing goes right, can be controlled?  Why do they have to happen? It is what I create, knowingly or unknowingly, that lead for the things to happen.  When I instill an energy of doubts and compound it with negative emotions, everything will not be alright.  When I do not take charge and do for the sake of others, very often nothing can go right. As a human, I have more control over my ability to have a good day than I think...

Thank you to Louise L Hay, I get to learn on my general health.  Her wisdom teaches me that I have to take charge and be responsible for my well being.  In her book, 'You Can Heal Your Life', it educates on the health impact from wrongful thinking.   My thoughts, namely the negative ones, create all my physical discomforts and ill health.  They manifest into all kind of sickness to my physical body.  Everything grows from the seeds of thoughts that I plant in my head. All health problems - be it cancer, diabetes, fever, migraine, pains, skin diseases, vertigo and the list goes on - have to do with the process of the mind.  It has to do with the lack in self esteem, self concept, self worth and self love.  No, it is not about narcissism.  It has nothing to do with vanity or arrogance or being stuck-up, for that is not love. How I think, the process of my mind, determines the state of my being.  When I think negative, I become negative.  W...

When I want to hear others out, it is important that I have an open mind.  It is important that I listen and not to jump into any conclusions.  I have to hear out entirely and make an effort to understand.  When I commit to listen, I get to know better.  I should stay away to listen to reply. The day I think I know everything is the day I have the most yet to learn.  It is good to engage in conversation with an open mind.  I have to respect the merit of what other people say.  I should avoid the temptation to immediately judge what someone else is saying from their own perspectives. I have to be an open minded listener.  I have to leave my ego when I want to listen to others.  I have to be ready to be open to new ideas or new ways of thinking.  It is good that I throw away any pre-conceived notions. A good communication is when I exercise empathy even when I may disagree.  Yes, I have my opinions on just about everything but when I ...

Life is not about what happens to me but it is about how I react to it.  It is my reaction that determines what will be the potential outcome of any situation. I have to be mindful on my reactions, in response to a situation or event.  I have to realize that I have a choice about how to react.  The only way to guarantee for amicable outcome is to check on my attitude.  My attitudes shape my feelings, beliefs and very often my behaviours.   Should I let my attitude to run wild, I will make harsh and rash decision that are clouded by emotions.  This might lead me to regret later on.  Should I honour that all humans are good, I should reserve my judgement by not reacting negatively.  It is always good to take the silence pills. Each and every day, I have to tell my mind that I have a choice to have a positive mentality.  I have to be aware that I have a choice as to what attitude I want to embody.  While life can be hard where things and ev...

When things have to happen, they happen.  Some could be the projection from my manifestation, while many others are the mysterious works of divinity to let me to learn.  Things do not just drop from the sky.   They appear in front of me for good reasons.  All that I need to do is to be aware.  So that my consciousness can expand.  So that I can live a mindful life. Do I have to be upset when unfavourable events happen?  How shall I react when good things take place?  Should I am able to write a book - with everything that happens with me, to me and for me - there will be volumes that I would probably learn from. Perhaps, having had written them will give me better insight today.  When I pen down an event, an experience, it makes me to be conscious.  It makes me to own my life.  It gives me time to self reflect to become better.   Writing organizes my thoughts and makes it apprehensible.  It grooms me to be more r...

A home is one of the greatest blessings in life.  She shelters me and provides huge comfort for my well being.  She is a place that gives supportive shelter to keep me safe.  She uplifts my spirit and helps me to grow.   A house, generally, is often the biggest expense.  Paying and maintaining it to become a home takes a lot of time and resources.  To create a home requires emotional connection and deep sense of belonging.   While I should not be too attached with the physical things to stand in the way of God's best, I have to respect them too. It is good that I recognize her part in my life.  A home is a place of refuge.   I have to treat her like a human.  A home is not a place but it is a feeling.  It is only appropriate that I provide kind gesture and respect her role.  But, I should not be a slave to my house. A clean space allows my mind to relax and get me inspired.  I clean my home because I love and res...

Nothing is permanent.  And so is my life.  Mother Earth is a transient place for my earthly journey.  Here, I am attending a school that is preparing me for my spiritual evolution.  I have to constantly give my very best while I am at it. I want to be the kind of soul who shall improve on the quality of life.  When I look at the end of life and be one with my Creator, I hope to enter Heaven's gate. When I am alive, I intend to live.  I should have dreams and dream them big.  I have to live life to the fullest and enjoy each day.  I must learn how to live.  I must learn to take risks.  At the end of each day, I am answerable for every moment of my life. I pray for change so that I can be flexible with the ways I think.  I pray for guidance so that I trust myself.  I pray for happiness so that I am not my ego.  I pray for peace so that I accept others unconditionally. I pray for abundance and I realize that it is my doubt th...

All humans have the mind, body and soul.  But, each human has his or her own beauty.  His or her own uniqueness.  His or her own idiosyncrasies and peculiarities.  His or her own belief system and values.  Each human is, indeed, special. Everybody is the same.  Everybody is different.  Such, there are no two people who can be absolutely and completely alike.  Each one of us has some hard wired behaviours.  Each one of us goes through different ways of upbringing while living under the same world. How do I live with differences?  I have to live for who I am and not by someone else's ways of lives.  When two people have beliefs or values that differ too much, it creates friction.  Friction, in itself, is not healthy.  It does not unite but divide.  Along the way, harmony is lost. I have to accept that there will always be different strokes, different vibrations.  Though a healthy relationship involves compromise, I...

When I have no joy within me, there shall be no joy outside of me.  When my mind is struggling, so are the ways of my life.  When I cannot find peace within me, it shall be useless to seek elsewhere. Peace is a state where there is no anxiety in the mind.  Peace is about accepting everything around me.  When there is love in my mind and in my heart, compassion is awakened.  Divinity lives in the heart.   When my mind keeps on thinking, thought after thought non-stop, it creates anxiety.  It wipes out all peace. I have to practice a state of consciousness that is serene, insightful and inspiring.  To insist to have an intellect mind does not make me smart.  Intellect does not mean understanding is achieved.  An intellect mind is full of expectations.  It wants to see things from restrictive, perhaps selfish, perspective. Life is As Is.  To be true to that, I have to stop asking mundane questions. Questions can be irrelevant and ...