Beginnings are endings and endings are beginnings. This is the ebb and flow of life.
The sun rises, the moon sets. The moon sets, the sun rises. Again and again and again. Like the sun and the moon we rise and set. Again and again and again and again.
Let it all go and let it all flow.
We can’t hold back a river forever. The same way we can’t hold back ocean waves.
Grab a raft and enjoy the ride.
What are we all doing? Here. At the same time? There are so many theories and probabilities. Is it inertia of life? The push and pull, the ebb and flow of it.
Are we all finishing soul journeys?
Or does having theories help us to get on with it?
To move like Mancala which came from the Arabic word: Nacala which means to move. We must keep moving.
There was a time we didn’t know what we know and knew today. And, that is true every single day.
Like Sisyphus, we keep rolling that boulder.
We were rolling snow into giant boulders to build a snow yeti like creature and as the spheres rolled bigger and bigger / it was a full circle moment. An epiphany of sorts.
Oh, … it hit me then as this giant snow yeti started to topple and fall to the ground passing on love, living in the moment / life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
We the people are more than documents and a force to be in charge of. It takes one look in the eyes of another human being / spirit / force to recognize the depth, the soul, the love and the reckoning.
We all want to be acknowledged, understood and to be loved. “So, when the world / [the universe] [all of us] uses the power of love to overcome the love of power, we all will know and experience peace” — Jimi Hendrix
What does it all really mean? The coincidences, the happenings, all of these things. If you know you know. In the wink of an eye, our eternity is found there.
What did you get for life? What did you give to life?
I gave and received gifts of time, talent and treasure.
Time is being in service to others whether it’s volunteering to help a neighbor, a shelter, our Earth. Taking care of our Earth, ourselves and each other.
Talent is sharing your gift and using it. What are you capable of? Do that. Making art / making something like an invention or a song or a play. Making someone laugh or feel.
Treasure is paying / paving the way forward and giving opportunities to those who’ve earned it.
Give your gifts of time, talent and treasure. In the grand scheme of life, we are all walking g each other home. And, we are all the better for it.
“Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans” — John Lennon. Live in the present moments.
Life itself is a miracle. Have you ever experienced and / or noticed a miracle in a moment, in a minute?
Each and every single second of life matters.
How beautiful it is to be alive? How to heal? To actually breathe fresh air left over from exploding stars and grandiose trees like Lolloby pines. While many chase titles and positions of power. Some are here getting the art of breathing, eating, walking and loving down. In the Way of the Peaceful Warrior, there is a part where Dan is eating so fast that he doesn’t realize it himself. Socrates points it out and, to Dan’s dismay and rhetoric, “What? I have a good diet and I exercise.” But, the real question is, “How are you eating? Slow down.”
This book is such a beautiful jolt in the face, heart, brain and body by life to slow down. Everything in nature grows and changes by taking its very own time. Nature does not rush or hurry things along. Yet, everything in time, is completed along the way. Endings are beginnings and beginnings are endings.
By the way, I learned about the Peaceful Warrior through the book titled by Virginia Roberts Giuffre, “Nobody’s Girl”. I have not read it yet and in some sort of way, I’m not ready to.
Often, I think of who, what, when, where, why and how questions while reading and while experiencing life. One that often pops up for me is: How does full healing happen? I’m on the journey to realize and experience the power of healing it seems.
Sometimes, like a supernova, we too, explode into bits of stardust-expanding never to be whole again but in some sort of light on the verge of healing, changing and radiantly glowing. Real life and beyond it. It’s a kind of healing that human hearts hum, humming along like a humming bird.
Travel light, be the light and light the way. All of us are light. We learn a lot about each other when we get out there. We also learn a lot about ourselves in the process.
There is way more in this universe that connects us than divides us. At the heart of it all, we all want a better life. We want to be whole, to heal. But if “better” is at the expense of another then it’s like depleting the self.
We are one. See it in infinite eyes of humanity. Take time as nature does. In time, everything is revealed.
peace, love and light.
Tomorrow is always a new day. When you wake up it’s another moment to start new. The thing about peace is that it comes when you learn discernment.
Love and forgive but never, ever forget even when your brain wants you to file it far away as possible from your heart.
Light up the way for those before you. Keep the joy, the peace, love and the light.
There is this song by Common: The Light that changed my life.
A line from it is this: “If Heaven had a height, you would be that tall”. Remember this, you are light, you are love, you are soul.
And, all of that I’m suspecting we get to take with us when we no longer traverse this Earth.
Life is for living. When was the last time you did something just because? Life is for many moments of just because. Why? Why not?
Just becausing has become a very big part of our lives. There is no reason or explanation needed. Do the thing you love instead of dying to do the thing you love. When you do it will feel effortless. It’s the zone. The doing without doing. You don’t have to try so hard. Just be.
Just Be, because you are.
Summer. Imagine having it all year. It’s not the weather that makes summer, summer. It’s us. People. No matter where you find yourself, ask “How do I feel?”
Don’t wait to feel present. Be in the moment wherever and whenever. Don’t wait to feel alive. Life is what you live and what you give not staying busy or being a busy body. Don’t be up in other people’s Koolaid. Especially, knowing you don’t know the flavor. Enjoy your cup of tea.
Love and live life well. It will be one well spent. Spend time’s currency well. The exchange rate is one wild and precious ride.
I don’t have any tips for this short and sweet post just a question when it comes to living.
What are you waiting for?
“You only live once but if you do it right, once is enough.” -Mae West
At a restaurant we visited, I saw and read this quote which is almost or all aphoristic depending on who you ask. It’s brilliant especially when people get stuck on what’s right on a soul shattering kind of level. Some questions I often ponder are:
Who are you? Who are you surrounded by? Who are you in a process of becoming / evolving?
What do you do for a life and/or a living? What’s your story? What makes you feel alive?
When did you stop doing what you love? When did you start doing what you love?
Where have you been? Where are you going?
Why?
How are you feeling? How are you thinking?
But always remember no matter the questions and conversations, “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation”. (shout out to Plato!)
So, keep on, keep on playing miraculous humans!
From the Playground 