The Blessed Life

Today, as I am saying goodbye to another year, I should spend a little time to do a reflection.  Doing so, I am giving respect for the past.  Only when I know where I've come from that I will know where I am going next.   Hopefully, my reflection can help me to see how everything is connected.  It is to be hoped that it gives me a sense of accountability and purpose.  Trustingly, I will get to understand myself much better. My mind needs to know the importance why I have to reflect.  While it might get me nowhere, it shall be of great significance to give some thoughts on the next stage of my life.  It might not be about finding happiness, it can be about enjoying all that I have. Similarly, it is about gratitude, that I can cherish all the things that took place.  When I can acknowledge every happenings with love, surely there will be time for gladdening my heart for all the experiences. For this reflection, I will ask myself these questions.  It is to add and find the sum total o

Whenever there is a nudge to do something good, I should just do it.  I should follow the intuition.  It is the Higher Self prompting me.  It is my Inner Child prodding gently.  It is the angel saying, 'Hey, I am here'.  This is how the Universe works; that unspoken messages are being trusted subtly to influence behaviours and decision makings. When I follow these nudges, there are high chances that good habits are developed.  That, I shall rid any inertia and procrastination.  That, I nurture spontaneous acts to become proactive in life.   Being spontaneous is a good trait to have in life.  It opens any uninhibited manners and builds courage and growth. Nudge is the language of the Universe within me.  It aids me to get closer to hearing my inner voice.  It is designed to initiate and to shape events.  It is a divine energy within that is bursting with information to make things right.  It is the divine flame supporting the mind-body towards achieving for something good. Nudge

Every time I see good loving relationships, and those that have been together for decades, I thank God that I can witness them.  They remind me of my parents, and everyone else that I know, about being together.  How those decades of them together, in loving relationship, survive so well till death separates them. It is always a lovely feeling to see long lasting relationships.  I admire their commitments to make things work.  I adore their patience.  I stand in awe at their coping mechanisms.  I respect their willingness to take the time to understand conviction.  I crave for meaning and their harmony. Relationship takes hard work.  It takes two willing individuals striving for the ultimate.  Even if the couples are soulmates, made in heaven, relationship is about two people with different background coming together.   Certainly not an easy task as there will always be differences.  Yet, when a relationship that lasts for decades, till death do them part, speaks volume. It shows the i

My words and my actions need to sync.  They have to have consciousness.  Words and actions are powerful to shape integrity, identity and intention.  When I can keep and honour my words, I shall become the person that my soul can be proud.   My soul needs to feel worthy to guard and protect me. When I say something, others expect me to do it.  So is my Inner Child.  So is my guardian angel.  It is only right that I honour my words.  It is a measurement of my own worth.  It is my commitment that I have to hold and keep.  When I don't, I destroy my own values.   Else, I lose my connection with all these individuals.  Worse, I will develop a reputation for not following through on commitments and be not trustworthy.  When that happens, I am letting everyone down.  Importantly, I distance myself with my soul and the divinity within me. When I say 'Oh, I will call you later', will I do it or conveniently forget about it?  When I say 'I will be there when you need me', do

I may spend hours doing mindful meditation and, still, will not find peace within.  I may spend time with nature, yet the uneasy feeling within me would still be there.  I may engage fun activities but its happiness only lasts as long as my tired body. Peace is one of the most important human experiences.  When I do not have peace within, I will not be able to appreciate whatever else I have.  Sadly, I may not even be able to recognize the good in my life because I have not recognized the good in myself. I need to activate the peace of 'I', which is always within me.  I have to have a strong mindset and that I understand myself at the deepest level.  I have to be a student of my soul and a student of life in general. My inner conflict is the biggest barrier.  It stops me from achieving the inner peace.  I have to resolve any conflicts within me.  Blaming on any external things, outside of my life, will not help me to resolve my inner conflicts. At the end of the day, when I am

Life is easy.  It is rich in simplicity.  Breathe in, breathe out and take everything else light and simple.  To live an easy life, I must not become the product of my environment.  When life is tagged heavily with economic and social values, I may end up with a victim mentality.  These values control and influence my ways of life, subtly and unknowingly. Yes, I am a choice maker and life is a choice.  I have to decide how I want my life to be.  Do I want to think that life is easy or do I believe it is difficult and hard.  Whatever the choice I make, life is not what happens but what meaning that I give to it.   Any experience I have is not by itself negative nor positive.  It is the meaning that I attach to that experience which gives its positive or negative connotation.  I can perceive it as hard and complain all day.  Or, I could look from a different perspective and realize that the situation helped me become a better human. To make my life different, I have to become a present t

I had personal mantras written many years back.  They were written to inspire me forward.  It was my way to let the energies from those mantras to become one with me.  I wanted them to grow with me, in me.  I envisioned on a life that I wanted to live for. Writing a mantra is equivalent to writing a motto.  It holds intrinsic meaning to guide one's belief and principle.  The words, the statements are representative of a person's ideals and values.  When writing them with deep intent, they manifest with time.  Surely. For all mantras / mottos to work, they have to start with the authentic genuine longing.  They have to come from the soul.  They have to mean something for something big.  They have to touch the mind and the mind has to believe.  When the soul and the mind are aligned as one, the universe will conspire. Repetition is the mother of learning.  These mantras need constant internalization.  To become successful with one's mantra or motto, it requires effort and ene

Love is the wind beneath my wings.  When I do things to please others, or when I put others first, if it doesn't work for me, it won't work for them. The Divine grants me what is correct on every moment.  This is done with allowing divinity to deliver fresh ideas to me. They may seem to come out of nowhere.  They appear more often when my spirit and soul have more space to receive them. I need to love myself, be happy and preach through my words, thoughts, deeds and actions.   Peace begins with me.  When there's none within me, it is useless to find it elsewhere. I must not be afraid to tread my path alone.  It has to be alone but I have to know which is my path and follow it wherever it may lead me. I do not and must not feel that I have to follow in someone else's footsteps. As a human, I cannot give what I don't have.   As a human, I don't know what is right for myself.  Do I know what is right for others? When I desire a change, I must be that change before

Should I want a change in my life, I have to have awareness first.  That's the basic A - B - C  (Awareness Before Change) principle.  Nothing is changed when I am not willing to allow awareness to take place.  Lack of awareness hinders a total change. I have to understand the science of my mind.  How each consciousness will support change in my life.  How each segment plays a part in transforming me.  Change, while it is beneficial and good, is hard.  It is a process not easily welcomed. Change is a subjective experience.  When life is often in comfort zone, change can be hard when I do not know why there is a need to change.  Is change necessary? Why change?  Change, no matter whether it is good or bad at the time, teaches me something new.  External change makes me more flexible, more understanding and it prepares me for my future.  Internal change encourages me to progress. Change, in itself, is constant.  I should not resist but embrace it.  It is like doing a spring cleaning o

Oh God, in Your beautiful name I pray. Oh God, help me step out into this world as a mirror that reflects the faces of Your generous love. Oh God, remind me that I am responsible for my actions.  So help me use my time on Mother Earth to be in service of Your will. Oh God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference. Oh God, help me be a representative of Your kindness in how I worship, in how I speak, in how I love and in how I live in all the moments of my life. Only when I completely let go of all memories that I will be able to change deeply.  These memories paralyze me.  These memories give rise to more analysis and, with what I think I know, they halt many good things to happen. Memories create more of life's challenges. Memories plague growth and all visions to see clearly.  There is no clarity in memories but judgements. When I take charge to let go of memories, I start to take full respons