HAPPY NEXT NEW YEAR

 

Happy New Year: 

Please Pass The Bread

Is there something you can help me with? No not really. Everything you need is inside of you. What works for me, may not work for you.

Check with your inner self, yourself, when you feel forlorn, alone, lost, wounded, overwhelmed. 

Check with your inner self, yourself, when you feel comfortable, at ease, liked, appreciated, loved.

Check in with your inner self, yourself, when you have erred and when you have succeeded.

If you follow my posts on Facebook, I put out a lot of “And the answer is …” followed by quotations that pop up on positivity posts. I call them simple nudges.  I feel my inner self say “oh that’s a good one.” 

The truth is I really did not need the nudge because the content is so simple and straightforward. My inner self was sitting on the answer all along.

In this very busy, fast paced changing world where so much is possible, so much is leaving our inner self behind. 

It’s really only been in the past ten years that I have kind of jumped off the bandwagon of keeping up with looking outward, times of amassing more and more possessions, following trends, constantly seeking artificial stimulation, to actually spending quality time with ME, sitting back and looking inward. 

I attribute the transformation to the power of warm, clean ocean water and warm, clean ocean air. I lay back, with my head resting on my little red air-filled pillow, hands clasped behind my neck, legs stretched out as far as I can push them, and I meditate as the warm sun reflects its rays on the water and my body feels at peace. It truly is the most peace I give myself because it’s only me, myself and I going through an experience that is rich in inner energy, rich in calm and rich in personal satisfaction.  It has become my gateway to positivity in living.

Something else has supplemented the experience of shutting out noise, confusion, hot heads, greed, avarice, power, abuse, jealousy, envy, pressures and negativity. Thanks to the power of my personal shifu who invited me into the effectiveness of QiGong and TaiChi, and my Aquafit instructors who apply those same exercises in water, I no longer just hear — I listen.  I no longer just eat — I taste. I no longer just smell — I breathe. I no longer just look — I see.  I no longer just touch — I feel. Listen, taste, breathe, see, feel.

Five senses — we all have them, the key to happiness and inner health is to find them, exercise them and live with all of them as our life force, our energy, our way forward.

So when you ask me if there is something I can help you with, there’s my answer. Walk away from noise, then listen, taste, breathe, see and really feel all of the pluses, embrace all of them, love all of them, live all of them going forward. Your life is in your hands and it is yours to live in peace, or not.

Happy New Year … please pass the bread!🥖