one-hundred-and-fifty-three: aprils-fool

Happy April Fools! On such a day it reminds me the importance of laughter in our lives. To not take life so seriously, afterall it is a short, grand, magnificent adventure. To spread love, joy and positivity in all that we do. Smile and laugh, appreciate life. Try to be sad whilst smiling, I guarantee to you it’s quite difficult.

one-hundred-and-twenty: selfish

ninety-two: enthusiasm

i admit, over the past months or so i’ve been feeling empty, somewhat content but neither happy nor sad. it has been dulling and the antidote? enthusiasm. I’ve been reading fear by Osho – a truly insightful book. Osho states the word enthusiasm is beautiful itself with its basic root meaning being ‘God-given.’ Bring enthusiasm into your life and the other things will disappear. Wake up each morning with enthusiasm – the decision to look to live greatly and enthusiastically by doing each thing with enthusiasm even small things like eating breakfast or taking a shower. And when you sleep you can think of all the great things that have happened which will come again tomorrow.

fifty-seven: christmas

Happy and healthy Christmas to all my blog readers ❤ Have a wonderful Christmas full of love and joy spent with loved ones – cherish your memories, stay safe 🙂

forty-nine: freefall

We’re in a freefall into future. We don’t know where we’re going. Things are changing so fast, and always when you’re going through a long tunnel, anxiety comes along. And all you have to do to transform your hell into a paradise is to turn your fall into a voluntary act. It’s a very interesting shift of perspective and that’s all it is… joyful participation in the sorrows and everything changes. – Joseph Campbell, Sukhavati

thirty: smile

Smile: if you can’t lift the corners, let the middle sag

Smiling is incredibly infectious; a simple gesture which spreads love and positivity. It brings warmth and joy to all around us including strangers. Spread positivity through your smile! It’s difficult to be sad when you’re smiling. Smile at strangers on the train. Smile at strangers on the street. Even if it doesn’t bring positivity to another’s day at the very least it does to yours! 🙂

twenty-eight: mirror

mirrors are fascinating objects, showing a reflection of whom you are, to see yourself physically. the idea of mirroring is also symmetrically, and often the truth. from what i have experienced and found is that the people around us can be mirrors of ourselves, or in a certain aspect reflect elements of us within them – universal things: emotions; feelings; pain, love, joy, happiness, sadness… yesterday i was caught in a mirror moment, a moment of truth. I was advising a friend on their absent partner and they were making up so many excuses for them i found myself having a bitter taste in my mouth, my blood was boiling, they could feel my shifting negative energy, i caught myself in her, a mirror for it was what i was doing to someone else, making so many excuses for them when really there were too many moments. catching yourself in the mirror or elements in another person can be scary but what we can gain is great insight, a bird’s eye holistic view of what is going on. it is said the greatest relationship is with a mirror of yourself, essentially yourself but there is belief of twin flames whom are the other half of your soul, your mirror, an thus an awakening begins. mirrors can also prompt analysis, reflection of physicality and mind. sometimes i look in the mirror and think is that really me? sometimes i get so caught up in my mind i forget my physical and the mirror acts as a gateway to reconnect those spheres of myself. mirrors also enable one to see what’s behind, sometimes a glimpse into the past… present … future … have you caught yourself in a mirror lately?

twenty-six: sunlight

there is something so beautiful about the warmth of the radiating sun – it’s love, nutrition and unceasingly burning. i used to be afraid of the sun i would slather u[ in sunscreen but not anymore with the various debates at to whether sunscreen can actually cause cancer due to harsh chemicals so i have been going without sun and i love it. the warmth on your skin, there’s something so joyful and loving about the sun and although i live in an urban jungle i open my window and blinds every morning to allow the sun in, absorb the sun when walking and make a conscious effort to seek the sun. a beautiful quote i remember about sunlight:

People are like sunlight. You can feel their warmth, and their glow, but you can’t hold them in your hand and keep them with you forever. People chose to stay. But a choice is made more meaningful when it is made despite so many other options.

twenty-one: release

sometimes we must release all that we feel within our hearts. we must open our heart chakra and let it feel all within whether it be sorrow, pain, joy, love. within the heart there can be many blockages and the only way to heal is to open our hearts, seek help, delve into our darkness and deal with it. for the longer it stagnates, when the day arises that we must confront them it will be a more difficult journey indeed. great ways i have found to open the heart chakra:
1. meditation and yoga, breathe, open, release
for meditation i like to sit cross legged with my palms open sometimes my hand above my heart and feel and hear my heartbeat
for yoga: camel pose, cat pose, fish pose
2. be love and give love
3. forgive
4. allow love and receive love
this sounds silly but do not be scared of accepting love, i have found in the past i have been deeply hurt by love thus scared to open up and trust but by being vulnerable i have found great love and depth within my heart