By bringing what we feel and sense within into the external world requires us to physically create.  Every day of our life is spent creating – both things which help us and things which hinder us.   When we are mindful we notice more that is going on in our lives.  We are more aware of not only our emotions, but all the information that surrounds us.  It is there to guide us towards living a true life based on our natural gifts and talents.  A live which we will enjoy and find rewarding.

Sometimes, when we feel stuck in life it is because our creative self is producing the same thing time and again – we are recreating and not creating.   Feelings of being stuck, bored or frustrated are signs we are not being as productive in the areas in which we are designed to be productive; that we are not creating what we are meant to create.

Be mindful when going about your tasks today.  Absorb the information that comes as you do what you are doing.  What is it telling you?

Enjoy ­­

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• Use the power only you have
• In the silence are all the answers you seek
  

We have a chance to change things for a more unified future

where all things integrate homogeneously.

Where we each play a unique note in the universe’s tune

- a tune which is not complete if we do not add our own part

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We are as much a part of the world as anything else

we are each equally important

- as is our contribution, our song

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We know the song we each need to sing, we just have to admit it to our selves,

pretty soon,

as more people begin to live their own song, their own vibration

a harmony will begin.

and all our unique songs will band together

in unison

like a dawn chorus.

Wonderful in variety yet beautiful in the way each compliments all others

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Enjoy

Those who wish to sing always find a song ~ Swedish proverb

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This post was first published last year but after the events in Japan I found it appropriate to put up again.  It is good for us to realise that we are all one, all interconnected.   Each of us plays a part in the world and what we do is important.

And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same ~ M Williamson

Each man has his own vocation, his talent is his call.  There is one direction in which all space is open to him ~ Emerson

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• Delight in all the turns of your life
• Simplicity Thursday – 5 things to do whilst boiling the kettle
• In the silence are all the answers you seek
• Money talks…what does yours say?

Every now and then, the tussle of showing externally what we understand and know within can feel like trying to blend oil and water.  No matter how hard we try it seems to not make any difference to our current actions.  Our inner calm will not be heard and we react in the moment instead of making a conscious decision and acting from a centred point.

Hard enough as it is to struggle with self imposed hurdles and boundaries, those which appear to be put in front of us by others can often be even harder.  When confronted by people who we perceive to be ‘pushing our buttons’ we can become frustrated and our reactions can intensify over time.

Yet, if we take a moment when we are not in reaction mode, we can see that all things/people/events etc are presented to us as an opportunity to learn; to grow.  That maybe, our increased frustration towards a certain something or someone is merely a combination of that opportunity making itself a bit more obvious [because we haven’t already learnt from it what we should] and our external self puffing up to appear larger to meet the assumed threat to its dominance.

If we wish our inner self to grow we should recognise the learning and growth in all; especially those situations where we may feel we need to inflate.  As a defence a toad can puff up until it is too big for the predator to swallow.   What sort of defences do you put up when confronted by the actions/attitudes of another?

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Photo by Sam Fraser- Smith via Flick (cc)

Some previous postings you might like to read:

Life is in the doing not the having

Delight in all the turns of your life

Simplicity Thursday – 5 things to do whilst boiling the kettle

In the silence are all the answers you seek

20 ways to make life harder

No matter how slowly a duck or even an insect moves on a pond, ripples will still be made.  Movement other than that which is created by the mover will happen.  The water cannot help but to react to what ever is moving through it.

So it is with life.

No matter how quietly we may feel we move through life, what we do [and don't do] ripples far beyond the immediate spot we fill.  Tiny waves of energy emanate from our movements, meeting with energy that has originated from others to create new movement that neither may ever know about.

We may feel we live a non eventful life, that we achieve nothing spectacular, historic or dramatic during our day or our time here on earth.  Yet the energy which flows from us is powerful.  It continues to reverberate long after we are gone in a physical sense.

The life we lead and our attitude to our time is precious and powerful.  Use it wisely; send forth good energies – for they live on after we have finished with them.  They continue to create when we no longer can in a physical sense.

photo by Dawn via Flickr cc

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Some other postings:

Life is in the doing not the having

Delight in all the turns of your life

Simplicity Thursday – 5 things to do whilst boiling the kettle

In the silence are all the answers you seek

20 ways to make life harder

Last week was haute couture fashion week in Paris.  Pieces were shown which can be beautifully tailored to the specific requirements of the client with workmanship so exquisite that in itself, is an art form worthy of praise and wonderment.  Not everyone can afford such things yet we all are afforded the experience of having something which is made especially for us.  For each of us, by our very nature, is a unique article; perfectly tailored to the task at hand [our life] with exquisite workmanship and attention to detail of the most intricate kind.

We are all one offs – totally unique.

I am a one off just as you are a one off.  Although, as in the different levels of fashion, the fundamental construction techniques are the same for all of us, it is in the finer details where we turn from being ‘off the rack’ to becoming something which is finely tuned to the sensibilities of the client [us].  It is these refinements which move us from being a basic model to being top of the range.  As humans, we cannot be anything but top of the range and unique, for that is how we are made.  Human beings only come in one style – original.

When we are true to that which makes us unique we honour our existence, our reason for being here.  By listening to and manifesting our uniqueness, we add an energy to the world which brings the universe closer to its optimum vibration.  All too often people deny their own originality in favour of appearing like all others, to be one of the crowd.  Yet that is precisely why we often feel downhearted or lost, for we are not living as we were intended to live.  Marianne Williamson said it best in her lovely poem Our Deepest Fear -

Your playing small doesn’t serve the world

There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you

You are not responsible for how others feel.  You are only responsible for how you feel and how your life is lived.  Do not deny your ‘haute couture’ aspects, they are what makes you You.  They are why you are here, why you are the way you are.  It would be like getting a Chanel suit made specifically for you and never wearing it, putting it in the back of the wardrobe and only peaking at it every now and then, scared in case you damage it.  What a shame it would be to not enjoy that which was made especially for you and no other.

Care for yourself, for you are a marvel.  Tailored so specifically for you that you are priceless; so precious that you are  gifted to yourself in the form of who you truly are.  A wondrous and luxurious construction which by your very presence is more valuable than the most exquisitely created garment.  You bring to this world something which no other can.  You add an energy to the collective vibration which no one else is able to do.  Be yourself, live according to your unique gifts; thoroughly enjoy the one off masterpiece that is You.

Enjoy

~~ This post was inspired by an exchange of tweets between @Sunnie1sotrue and myself.  Inspiration is all around if we listen closely

Other postings you might like to read:

Delight in all the turns of your life

Simplicity Thursday – 5 things to do whilst boiling the kettle

In the silence are all the answers you seek

20 ways to make life harder

Both photos from State Library of Queensland collection via The Commons

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What would it be like to live a life full of enjoyment and to feel that every day has been fulfilling and useful?  What would it be to wake up in the morning and know that on this day you will make a difference to others and the world by doing what you truly enjoy doing?  It all sounds wonderful…. and something which ‘in theory’ would be great.  However, in a world of deadlines, family responsiblities, daily chores and all the other stuff we feel compelled to do it just doesn’t seem possible.

But why doesn’t it?

Why can you not wake up and do that which makes you happy?  Be happy doing all the great as well as the mundane things which make up your existence in the world.  Why, no matter what you do can you not shift that niggling feeling that resides within you to do something more with your life?  Why is it so hard to fully believe that

a) you are here for a purpose – to accomplish something you really enjoy doing          and

b) that in fulfilling that purpose a full happy life where you are enthused all the moments of each of your days is awaiting you.

What prevents you from living your life that way?  What hinders you from incorporating even a little bit of that into your life today?

Enjoy

Photo credit: Robert Snache (cc)

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2. Simplicity tip #3
3. Why living the life of your dreams is not being selfish

All the knowledge we will ever need to answer questions about who we are, what we should do and be is within us.  My last post 10 free ways to enhance your life noted that often what we seek is right under our noses although we continue to look for it elsewhere.  Essentially it is even closer, it is right inside us.  Where ever we go at whatever age we carry within us the knowledge to be all we can be and to do anything we wish to.  For those seeking a deeper meaning of life, that too is all within.

In life noise is everywhere, both externally and internally.  If we do not make time in our day to be quiet we might never notice the most important ‘sound’ of all; that of our own true self.

This sound comes to us all through the day and night through things like hunches or feelings and such.  Sometimes we can transfer that into words and other times we cannot.  We only know that something is off or right but cannot verbalise why.  If we cannot transfer it to words (verbally or mentally) we think that it isn’t the way to go.  We feel this need because that is the means of communication we have learnt.  Yet, because we have learnt to communicate information etc via this medium it is easy for us to over look that which comes to us in a different mode.

This is the importance of spending a portion of the day being still, being quiet with our selves.  We don’t need to put aside an hour, though if you can that is great.  Taking just a few moments to be with our own true self many times during the day allows us to reconnect with who we really are and to tap into the part of us which is so much greater than what we externally present to the world.

Whilst in traffic, waiting in the queue at the bank, the two minutes when heating something in the microwave or even waiting for a page to load on our computer – there are many times during the day when there is a moment to ask our self a question and another few moments to listen for an answer.  Sometimes we may think we hear nothing back but it may be that our external self doesn’t want to hear the answer that is given.  With practice we can learn to overcome the resistance we have to hearing our true sound – the sound that connects us to all others through all time.

The answers are all there, we just have to be still enough within ourselves to hear them.

Enjoy

image credit aussiegall

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It’s true, things come and go.  We do, possessions do and so do other people and experiences; it’s all part of life.  The part of our life that resides in the physical world.  Grasping onto something or someone in the hope that it will always be the same can cause much sadness and upset.  Yet, at the same time understanding that things come and go also offers relief in the realisation that something we do not enjoy going through will eventually pass.

The essence of who we truly are is at the centre of all that goes on around us but is not governed by time or form.  It doesn’t come and go, it just is – eternally.  When we understand that this is who we really are and that everything is interconnected we realise we can never really have or loose anything, because it is already part of us.

All our physical bodies go through, whether we feel it is good or bad, pleasurable or not will ultimately pass.  Another possession or experience will come and take its place and the sequence will begin all over again.  It may not be the same as the one before or even similar but it will be replaced none the less.  This is the case because life in the formed world is always evolving, changing.

Heraclitus said ‘you can never step in the same river twice’

No two moments are the same even if we are standing still in an empty room and certainly not if we are experiencing life.  Sometimes it is hard for us to be at ease with change, especially big change.  As humans, we must feel a certain sense of control within our life/situation or stress levels can rise.  However, by coming to terms with how the world and events are continually changing we can ‘roll with the punches’ or ‘go with the flow’ more easily.  That doesn’t mean we don’t grieve or feel happy at things it just means we get that it is an external process.

Realising that everything is always in a state of movement ironically helps us deal with it.  Helps us understand that when something happens (especially stuff we don’t feel the best about) we can look at it from a much larger perspective.  From a point bigger than our physical self and see that we are part of something much larger.  That we don’t ‘take it personally’ for it is …..the way it is.

Enjoy

Photo by : CmdrGravy

Other postings you might like to read:

Find your common denominator

Some of life’s rhythms

Pick your thoughts like you pick your apples

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Last week I did a post called What you spot, you’ve got and this one follows on from that theme.  I have been giving the whole topic of learning and wisdom a lot of thought these last few weeks and about a fortnight ago I tweeted the quote

When you know how to listen, everybody is the guru ~ Ram Dass

That was the initial impetus for these two posts as it really got me thinking about all the wisdom that is out there amongst people we come into contact with every day.  From small bits which help us or enhance our lives to great insight, it’s all there for the offering.  It costs neither recipient nor giver anything of a monetary nature and often there is no or little cost of time save for a few moments to absorb the knowledge.  Of course, more time is needed to put that knowledge into practice if that is the type of learning it is – like adopting a new habit or consciously doing something a certain way until it becomes habitual.

Knowledge that we can use both internally and externally is available – from noticing how another does something more efficiently or simply to gaining a deeper insight into oneself from what another said, did or our reaction to it.

This knowledge may not be directed to us but if we endeavour to go through our days open to all the wisdom that is around us; live mindfully so we are ready to receive and learn from all we meet and do, then everyone becomes a teacher, our teacher (including ourselves).  When we decide to become eternal students willing to learn and deepen our own wisdom in every step of our journey, then all who we meet become our inspiration and guru.  All experiences we go through offer us learning and an opportunity to deepen of our self awareness.  So look for the guru in all you meet.   Ultimately, though we are our own guru as all knowledge lies within us.  However, sometimes it is in others that we notice something more easily than we can notice in our self and by being mindful we can realise it.

Enjoy

Image by Anosmia

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Take at least a small step each day

Where is the energy taking you?

Simplicity can be simple

During the course of our day we encounter many people.  All are on a journey of their own, following a path that is unique to them.  Whilst their path may be similar it is not the same; we each have a journey of our own to make.  As we meet and interact with others we find some who we have a deeper connection with, possibly because we sense an underlying sameness – a similar stage in the journey or a sense of mutual learning on offer.  However, for those we don’t connect with as much it is important to respect that they are on their own path, they are moving at their own pace and must make their own choices.

Yet often it is those who confront our thoughts and sense of self that we can learn alot from. Offering us the chance to learn where we still need to grow and what we need to discard from our own belief system.  They make something stir within us, a feeling or thought that has been hidden come to the surface; we judge them and their way of living and the choices they are making.  Some are present in our lives for a short while (co workers, fellow students), others fleetingly (fellow train travellers etc) and some we see all the time (family and friends).

By looking at what we think is not satisfactory with their life, we miss our own learning.  Everyday we are offered opportunities to grow and deepen our understanding of self and the world.  When we come in contact with another who ruffles our feathers, we should look deeper and at our own attitudes.  For  it is our path we must deal with – our own beliefs and feelings.

As a dear friend of mine says…”what you spot; you’ve got”

Enjoy

image by Anthena’s Pix

other posts you might enjoy reading:

…and the universe said to me ‘you complete me’

Allow your inner voice to speak

Why living the life of your dreams is not being selfish

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