Walking My Talk

A friend posted this on their Facebook page and although I don't usually re-post, but it really did interpret how I am working towards living my life, taking each step forward in my life.

It's a long journey back to a place of peace, but I have to admit, that it is a worthwhile venture. This is not a challenge to me, or a mission, it's a choice. I need to find my own inner peace, my place of sanctuary, my sense of balance, that place that is the right of each and every person.

My daily goal will be as written, but not limited to one person. I have had on my wall in my bathroom 'Life's Daily Instructions,' and I can honestly say that each day, I pick one line and try and accomplish that for the day, with an open heart and not asking for anything in return. I have been doing this for about 20 years.

There is so much good in the world, many kind and generous beings, I believe that it's my turn to appreciate, to be content, at peace, to let go of Ego, and to let go of the Attachment.

I plan to surround myself with those who inspire me, those that motivate me, those that rejoice in life itself and I for them. It's a shared experience.  Life is a shared experience.

There are songs and poems that read, "live like you are dying.' The truth is that we are all dying, so really, that's the only way to believe. The truth is though, that for many, the opposite of this choice becomes a way of life. Most of us live as if we are invincible, like we will live forever. Nobody knows how long they will live or how active or healthy they will be. With this state of mind, it gives us an opportunity to open ourselves up to really and truly living life.

Over the summer, a friend had a massive heart attack. She is 42 years old and was thought to have been in excellent health. Due to the circumstances of her attack, she may lose part of or all of her foot. There will most likely be other effects due to her condition. That is, if she receives the heart transplant that she requires.

This is not as uncommon as one may choose to believe, whether it be a heart attack, a stroke, cancer, diabetes, a car accident or any other unthinkable circumstance that may arise, but it is not.

We can choose to take the opportunity to live life. To enjoy life. To do what we can to enjoy life each and every day, because each day is truly a gift. Live in the present, enjoy the moment, live in the now.

I, with all honesty, do not feel that we need to 'live like we are dying,' perhaps because I don't really know what that means. I, instead, am going to make an active effort to live in the moment, live each day because it's the best day, we only ever have today. Spread your wings, for goodness sake, fly, swim, whatever it is that makes your heart sing, do it!

AND if I ever lose my way, for but a moment, an hour, a day or more... I will pick myself back up, brush myself off and continue on my way. For it is not to begin again... Life is a continuous journey and from what I have experienced, there is no path that is void of bumps, turns or round-a-bouts, each is only set along the way to teach or perhaps experience from a different perspective, but always to help us to grow. With growth we move forward.

Be kind to one another. Spread the word. What a wonderful world it would be.