If it was possible to capture the essence of living our daily life to the full in three ideas they might sound something like this:
How do I know what I know until I hear what I have to say
I cannot know what I have until I give it away
Life can never be fun until I choose the day
How do I know what I know until I hear what I have to say
This is the idea that we already know what we need to know to do life well! Have you ever sat relaxing with friends of an evening and after some time you come up with a very deep and profound insight? People then turn and say something like, "Well I never knew that you knew that, how insightful, how wise". In truth, you are also quietly thinking, "Well I never knew that I knew that". In that moment you had discovered something that you didn't know that you knew until you said it. In such moments the innate wisdom within your being reaches the surface of your consciousness and finds expression in your words. It seems we all have an innate wisdom within us. Sometimes it's called intuition. It's always whispering to us, trying to guide us, but we seldom hear it. Why? Too often we are too busy thinking, thinking, thinking. It's the noise of a busy mind that stops us from hearing the wisdom of our heart. It's only when we relax our minds that we can then hear our intuitive good sense. And it's the wisdom of that good sense that we need to guide our decision making and our responses to others. Hence the benefit that can be gained from the daily practice of some form of meditation, contemplation or quiet reflection. That's when we may hear and come to say what we didn't know we knew!
I cannot know what I have until I give it away
While we may spend our entire life searching for love, and it appears that many do, we miss probably one of the biggest secrets in life. Love is already present within us, it can never be lost, and we don't need to look anywhere else. So powerful is the mythology around love in the world today however, that we miss the presence of love in our life. This is largely because we believe we have to acquire something or someone to know love. Yet we all know that feeling when we do or give something to someone without desire for return. This is love in action because love is what we are. The idea that we are love itself is not new. However, the paradox is that we can never know for sure, for real, until we give it away. We know this because whenever we do or give anything with love who feels it first on the way out? You cannot know love until you give it away. What a clever 'feature' built into the design of what is called a human being!
Life can never be easy until I choose the day
You may rise bright and early every day but do you do it willingly? Is your first thought, "YES another day, another adventure, another opportunity to know life and be lively"? Or do you crawl out of bed within a stream of thoughts that sound more like, "Oh God not another day, another day of people and dramas and problems and issues. Oh well I suppose I have to get up, face it and get on with it"? Consciously choosing the day ahead sounds like common sense but for many it is often not common practice. When we don't choose the day, which really means choose life, then both the day and life seem difficult. Happiness becomes elusive. And enthusiasm is almost impossible. To consciously choose the day, regardless of what it may bring, is the first step in becoming the master of ones own life. Easiness tends to follow…easily!
Although such insights/affirmations are obviously not new it seems that they are easily forgotten in the hustle and bustle of day-to-day living. So it's always good to re-affirm them…each day.
Question: Why do we sometimes forget to see life as a gift and not a sentence?
Reflection: Which of the three insights appeals to you most and why?
Action: If you find them useful create a way to remind your self of each of these insights every day.
Posts
