Embrace Life
June 30, 2009
Education-A Gift To and Investment in Self that Only Grows
Think of it this way–you spend $20 on a dinner out and it’s gone. Spend $20 on a class and you may change your outlook and consequently your outcomes. It is yours forever!
Is There Anything We Can Change?!
Now that I think about it, it was those darn fairy tales that my mother used to read to me that ended with ‘and they lived happily ever after’ that really messed with my mind and life perceptions. I realize that for much of my life I have been looking for that “I have made it place” where everything is in order and life goes just as you plan.
That clearly is not going to happen and I am finding that the longer I live, the more complicated and chaotic life becomes! What’s with that? I must confess that this past year ranks up near the top of my ‘All Time Terrible Years’ with regard to life events!
As I was on the verge of throwing one of my best ever pity parties, I was reminded by a dear, sweet woman and friend of the fact that in spite of all that comes and goes in our lives, what we have power over is our attitude.
We may feel powerless over the current economic situation, illnesses and all of the other events and people we love that come and go in our lives. We cannot maintain our grasp on these things or change the flow of life. Like the ocean tide, things come and they go, come and they go-we cannot change the tide and do we really want to?
We can however change our attitude.
My friend also invited me to ‘expect a miracle’ , why not? A miracle is really a shift in perception from fear to love. When we make this shift, that is a miracle!
Lastly she said, “Isn’t life a dance of emotions? Being depressed, fascinated, scared, fine, exhausted, sad, accepting, enraged, grateful and amazed?”
The events of our lives are catalyst to express these emotions of our life’s journey and then to allow us to experience the grace of acceptance, love and knowing that ‘it will all be OK.”
Embrace life and all it’s nuances and you will find, it really will be OK!
Blessings,
Cheryl