No worries, you didn't fall asleep last night and wake up in February. It's not Valentine's Day, at least not officially. I always like to see hearts in unexpected places. Perhaps to me it is a reminder that when we choose to notice it, "love actually is all around us." The following picture is of the sidewalk that Jak and I take on our morning walk. I've come to look for it each time we go that way.
Here is a concept I'm pondering this morning. What if life isn't about taking a certain path, but instead life is the path. The choices we make, the places we go, the relationships we build are not at the destination. They are all the path. It's not leading to something to come, the path is here and now.
In my previously mentioned struggles with anxiety, something that helped ground me and change my focus was the realization that we can only deal with what is. Anxiety is worrying about an event or situation that may or may not happen, essentially it is creating angst in the present moment about something that doesn't exist. When in reality, in the moment we can take action toward anything that arises. I'm sure we've all done something and afterward thought that before doing it, it seemed impossible. We truly are braver than we think.
Since my arrival here, the times when I have struggled the most are when I feel uncertain about the future or when I lament about decisions I have made. The truth of the matter is, the past no longer exists and the future doesn't ever come. All we have is right now. That is the path. And it is through our free will that we direct that path. Each day, one moment and decision at a time. As I like to say, live the journey.
So today on your path I wish you the clarity to choose good direction. And most especially I wish for some unexpected hearts to come your way.
Until next time...
Peace & Love,
Hope
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