Every day the natural world shows us how to cooperate, how to thrive and how to embrace change when it arrives.
She serves as a beautiful classroom in our quest to understand our own humanity. By observing her, we’re gifted with the secrets to our own existence.
She reminds us that every living thing is a beautiful miracle, lending purpose and value to all other living things.
She shows us what being patient, mindful and resilient really looks like.
She is absolutely selfless and provides us with everything, including the air, water, food, shelter and medicines we need to survive. She offers us all this, and so much more, freely.
Our fragile human spirits need the natural world. She’s our respite from the chaotic, hurried world we’ve created. She’s our real home, we really should take care of, and visit her more often.
Today feels like a good day to start healing from whatevers hurting or haunting you.
It doesn’t matter how you got here. What matters is how you muster the courage to move beyond it.
Healing can start by forgiving who or what hurt you, including forgiving yourself for the role you played or decisions you made, that led to your emotional or physical pain.
Forgiveness does not mean you condone or forget what happened. Forgiveness is the act of reclaiming control over your mental and physical well being so you can move on and live your best life.
When we forgive, we put the weight of our pain down and remove the power it has over us. Forgiveness allows peace to fill in the spaces where sorrow, guilt, regret, anger, grief or other pain once lived and, we begin to heal.
If you need help getting started; write down the things you want to heal from and who you need to forgive. Then, find your place of peace. This place might be a forest, the oceanside, a wide open field, the rivers edge, a mountain top, your garden or a quiet room with a view.
In this safe space set your words free. You can burn, bury, shred or flush, them away. Or, scream them out into the ether.
When you leave this place, leave what and who hurt you behind. If you feel your pain creeping back in. Go back to this place and reclaim your peace of mind.
Whether your pain is anchored in grief, regret, remorse, abuse, addiction, heartbreak, an accident, disease or other physical or emotional suffering; today’s a good day to start healing.
Pain is often where our greatest learning and growth takes place. Your pain can leave you paralyzed or, it can be the wind that sets you free.
I love riding my bike. When I’m riding, I see the world differently. I’ve noticed that when I’m riding, the bike will veer in the direction I’m gazing. Yesterday the bike almost pulled me into a blackberry bramble as I watched baby rabbits scurry into the underbrush. A few days ago, I almost landed in the river, watching a doe and her two fawns cross the water as I rode by.
When I’m looking forward, the bike goes straight ahead. I don’t have to think about staying upright, my inner guidance system keeps me upright and balanced.
When I fall, I pull myself up, dust myself off and start peddling (and yes, I’ve had a tumble or two). Sometimes there’s stuff blocking the path and I have to move the debris or find my way around it. When a storms blows in, I stop and take cover or ride a little slower.
When I properly maintain my bike, check the tire pressure, grease the chain, etc, my bike functions better and is better able to handle the bumps in the road.
When I’m mindful of my surroundings and fully present, wow it’s a beautiful and pleasant ride.
Life is similar. When we’re looking forward it’s easy to stay on our path. If we fall we have to pull ourselves up and carry on. When toxic people or our negative thoughts, block our path, we have to deal with them before we can move forward.
When life storms, such as heartache, loss, illness or disappointment, blow in, it’s important to take the time we need, wait for the storm to pass before we move on.
When we take care of our bodies, minds and spirits, we function better, we’re happier, we’re balanced and we’re better equipped to handle the bumps along the way.
Being mindful and fully present in our daily lives makes the journey more enjoyable and meaningful.
So, stop giving time and attention to things that pull you off your path, like toxic relationships, worry, jealousy, anger and hate. These things mess up our balance and can land us in those prickly, uncomfortable brambles.
Take care of your mind, body and spirit, you’ll feel better and be so much happier if you do.
Einstein said; ““Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” he was right (he’s Einstein, of course he was right) 🚲.
So keep moving forward you beautiful, magical riders, take care of yourselves and enjoy this marvellous, magnificent ride called life.
Every day, the rest of the world, will try and tell you; ~ who you should be, ~ what you should believe, ~ where, when and how you should show up, and, what’s important.
DON’T LISTEN.
The dreams pounding in your chest, your curious nature calling you to explore, the art-music-poetry or whatever it is in you that’s urning to be born; listen to that.
We all twinkle a little bit brighter, when we’re sharing our gifts, shining our lights, and, doing what we love.
There’s nothing more beautiful than you, laughing, feeling, connecting, discovering, growing and sharing your music, your art, your words, your light, your love and your beautiful heart and soul with the world.
So twinkle, twinkle on, all you beautiful little stars, twinkle on 🌟
As we enter the gentle years of our lives, Lets not carry the weight of the world upon our shoulders, or in our hearts. Let’s choose to be happy, kind, curious, forgiving whimsy little humans, shining our lights. No drama, no conflicts, just each of us, merrily and peacefully doing our thing.
Children find humour where most adults don’t. They have a natural inclination to be amused, we all do. Then somewhere in our hectic grown up lives, our sense of humour can get tempered by stress, politics, world affairs, the busyness of our adult lives and responsibilities.
Life’s an unhinged rollercoaster ride, it will always be complicated and messy. Laughter is the safety harness that can get us through the ride.
Laughter is good for our health, strengthens the immune system, improves mood, gives us energy, defuses conflict, increases alertness, improves sleep, releases endorphins, improves creativity, reduces pain and makes us happier and more productive people. It truly is a powerful healing tool, making it one of the best medicines. And, it’s infectious, spreading faster than the common cold.
Like your beautiful smile, laughter can be understood in any language. According to data from the Mayo Clinic, those who laugh more than the average person are happier, healthier and live longer. The average adult laughs 17 times a day, a child laughs on average of 300 times a day.
So pull out your best bad dad (or mom) jokes, your whoopee cushions, funny faces, turn on a Netflix comedy, watch YouTube videos of babies laughing and get your giggle on. If that doesn’t work, spend some time with a four-year-old and remember what use to make you chuckle.
We can make the world a happier place, one guffaw, chuckle, giggle, snort, or one big-old-belly-laugh, at a time
Change or the thought of change, can rattle the smooth edges of our lives.
For some, change is uncomfortable and painful, but, so is staying in the same place, doing the same thing, tolerating the same behaviour, staring at the same mess and listening to the same nonsense for too long.
Humans are weird little creatures, we get comfortable being uncomfortable, even if the discomfort is horribly bad for us. We stay in places, jobs, relationships, even clothing, that’s uncomfortable because these things are familiar and the thought of moving on seems hard.
You’d think we’d be used to change. From the day we’re born, we’re in a constant state of change. We’re growing, learning, shedding cells, and replacing them with new ones 24/7. The people around us change, the environment, the seasons, the weather (especially if you live in Canada) all change. We live through technological, political, and societal change every single day. In many ways change is the only thing that remains constant.
Being uncomfortable is the body and minds way of telling us something has to “change” to move, to shift. Whether you feel uncomfortable in your office chair, your relationship, a friendship, your job, the blue jeans you’ve been wearing since high school, or some other life situation, this discomfort is speaking to you. It’s telling you it’s time to “let go and grow”, to make a move, make a shift, to make a change; to let old energy out and create space for new energy to arrive.
There are many things and moments we’d love to hang on to, things so joyful we want to sit with them forever. It’s “knowing” they will change, that creates this joy. Change is necessary, it provides hope for tomorrow, reminiscing of yesterday and is the inspiration to live fully in each moment, knowing it will pass and transform into something new.
Embracing change, is embracing life as it really is, not as we’d like it to be.
Whether we want to or not, we will all change and transform. Rather than resist the call or “the discomfort” to change, flow with it and see where it takes you.
You and I can arrive at the same place by taking different paths. In fact, we will.
We’ll have different beliefs, opinions, interests, tastes, goals and different ways of getting things done. This is good.
We will challenge each other’s thinking, curiosity, patience and tolerance and, these challenges will help us both learn and grow.
No matter how different we are or what paths were on, we need each other to shape our journeys and write our stories.
So, let’s show up for one another, share our light, our wisdom, our love and our acts of compassion. Let’s write some epic tales of discovery and adventure together.
Then, on the day when it’s time for one of us to exit, there will be no regret, no anger, only love and grateful hearts and perhaps some tears, for the time we spent together, even if those times were hard.
We came in on different paths, we’ll go out on different paths. So let’s make the best of everything that happens in between.
The Whimsey Angel 