Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. Plato
The Divine Energy message for this week is MUSIC. We have been through many huge changes during this month as the fire energies burn away many of the hurts, disappointments, judgements or resentments which may have been carried forward from the recent past or distant past.
In fact, they may have been languishing within our energy fields for many generations, both relating solely to ourselves or from ancestors who have passed these energetic imprints down the line. April has presented us with the opportunity to clear away these old imprints and to stop any future generations from being affected by these old energies or newer energies you may have accumulated yourself. So how can MUSIC be a part of your life?
So what does MUSIC mean to you? Does this mean the most obvious reference to music as it is heard today, or are you moved by a specific genre of music? Does it mean Jazz, Blues, Classical, Rock, Reggae, or any other? Have you stopped to wonder at any other kind of MUSIC you may know but rarely think of?
Humans have relatively recently brought forth MUSIC themselves. I’m referring to your “heart song” or your ‘soul song”.
Long before we began playing instruments, even the very old washboard, spoons, or penny whistle, there has been MUSIC all around us. Think of the soft sighing of wind through trees, the trilling of water over rocks, the crescendo of a thunderclap, and the clash of lightning sizzling the air. Then there are the subtle sounds of the slowly moving clouds scudding across the sky, the patter of rain on dry ground, the delicate movement of the grass growing, the infinitesimal movement of the rocks moving or their rushing blast as the molten magma rushes to the surface. These are all sounds, which can be part of our heart song. It will be unique to you and you alone since it is only your heart which will hear these sounds in a way a which is just yours.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.Ludwig van Beethoven
Divine Energy Message April 23rd to 29th 2018
What of your soul song? I’m talking about the grandeur of the wheeling stars and planets of the cosmos. We may not be aware of this on a conscious level until we take the time to reacquaint ourselves with it once more. We have become somewhat removed from this song as we are no longer connected to the passage of the starlit sky, or of the sun and moon passing by as we once were. Nevertheless they are still here with us should we choose to listen as real as the music on a CD.
For our final week in April it is time to reconnect with MUSIC in all its forms. Revel in whichever MUSIC makes you feel good, feel happy, contented, relaxed and at peace. Sing and dance as though tomorrow is far away. Let MUSIC lift your soul and heart so you can continue your journey with a lighter step. Become part of the greater vibration that is the Universe and allow it to expand your own appreciation of all that is possible. Let your EMOTIONs have free reign and be carried away by MUSIC. It is time to enjoy yourself after the work you have put into April.
Someone who takes the time to understand their relationship with source, who actively seeks alignment with their broader perspective, who deliberately seeks and finds alignment with who-they-really -are, is more charismatic, more attractive, more effective, and more powerful than a group of millions who have not achieved this alignment.
This week the message is ALIGN. We are still working within the overarching energy of April, which is EMOTION. If we look at the message for the week, we need to ask ourselves if we are in ALIGNment with what we are both saying and doing.
Our thoughts are the first emergence of the energies you are putting into our world. As such you are constantly sending vibration into your daily life and the lives of those you regularly interact with. These are the most obvious connections you are able to see when your thought energy / vibrations are having an effect on others. It follows that it is not necessary for the thought to become manifest in an action, although it is much easier to see the ramifications of our thought / action effect.
If you think something, for example, that you are not going to enjoy meeting someone, then before you actually step foot outside the door you have put into motion a train of events that will predispose you to actually having an unpleasant meeting with someone. This becomes obvious when you need to work closely with another person or people. In this instance you have ALIGNed your thought with the outcome you first gave energy to, that you would not like, not enjoy, not be able to co-operatively work with someone. You are in alignment with what you brought into being but is it really what you want in life?
A more contented and fulfilling ALIGNment would be to bring the thought in a positive manner, that is, to give it positive energy vibrations. Create a positive outcome for yourself. Daydream, if you like, the outcome you want to see. Become an active co-creator of your positive and happy life. Think it, Belief it and IT IS SO!
The way to ensure you remain in ALIGNment with your SOUL CALLING, your Highest Potential, and what is in the best interests of the world at a global as well as a personal level, is to understand who and what you are here to do. Ask for help from the Archangels so you are aware, fully aware, of what you are here to do. If you know in your heart what makes your soul sing then you are already on your way to Being totally in ALIGNment. You can learn so much about yourself when you take time to listen to the song of your soul, that which brings joy to your heart, makes your steps lighter and makes each challenge you face so much easier to manage.
Become your own “master” and understand yourself fully. In this way you can be assured of making choices which are in ALIGNment with your Higher Self. Walking through life becomes much easier and smoother when you know the thoughts which start each action are fully ALIGNed with your Divine Plan. Being ALIGNED in every way ensures your EMOTION’s (April’s overarching energy) are harmonious and bring joy and happiness to both yourself and others.
To live in alignment with your Spirit is to live your truth and build your life upon it.
Divine Energy Message April 9th to April 15th 2018
“The distinction between the past, present and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.” ― Albert Einstein
Remembering that the overarching energy for April was EMOTION, the prevailing message is about the ebb and flow of our internal emotions. Our EMOTIONal balance is a continual and changing state of affairs Who can avoid their feelings, those innermost urges which lead us towards or away from places, people, events which cause us pain, pleasure, discomfort or joy?
This week ILLUSION came as our message and the card SENSES immediately flew out with it. Here are two cards, which go intrinsically together.
The message was plain. Be aware of the ILLUSION that may seem real to you by using all your SENSES to become aware of the subtle nuances, which may be hidden under apparent truths. All too often, we take people, places, and events at face value, rarely looking beyond the first appearance to see if everything is right. Our instincts, once finely honed when we needed to provide for ourselves have become dulled by complaisance. Where is the fire that burned so brightly in our “belly” as we navigated the uncharted waters of life? We need the fiery energies at play in April to burn away the ILLUSION we may be facing.
There is a well-known saying, “looking through rose coloured glasses.” This is how so many of us walk through our days. We rarely allow our intuition, our gut instinct, to guide us, not even thinking about the many other SENSES we can use. All too often we hear that someone has behaved in a certain way, which was unexpected, took people completely unawares. Why is that? Do we never really look at our world, the people within it and truly see them as they are?
We can be missing some wonderful experiences if we fail to see the beauty, which surrounds us. How wonderful it would be if we could also avoid the pain and heartache of betrayal, avoid the shattering of faith because we expected too much from someone, or even of ourselves.
If we look at a reflection within a pond, we can see an exact replica of what we look at. If however a pebble is dropped in the water, the ripples distort the image. Which is real? Which is an ILLUSION? Is it the perfect image or the shattered image, which is the true reflection of what we see and experience? The answer is both! Both experiences are real because they teach us different aspects of our own inner self. Have you stopped to look at something from every perspective? Have you detected an ILLUSION in what is presented to you? Have you used all your SENSES to feel into something to find out everything you can about it?
You have been gifted with many SENSES to help you, so use them wisely and use them constantly. As you do so they will become more finely honed and will be a great guide in making wise decisions. If you look into each happening in your life, looking into every aspect so that any ILLUSION must be shattered, then you will avoid the pitfall of the unaware.
This is the gift of our message this week. No ILLUSION will remain if we use all our SENSES to look into everything and see, understand, all that we can glean from every situation. Only then can we make sound, judged decisions knowing that we are in alignment with our inner self, our Higher Self and will be moving with integrity and authenticity through our days and nights.
Much love on your journey through this week.
“Dream delivers us to dream, and there is no end to illusion. Life is like a train of moods like a string of beads, and, as we pass through them, they prove to be many-colored lenses which paint the world their own hue. . . . ” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
This month the overarching energies are EMOTION. There has been a noticeable progression as we move through 2018. EMOTION asks us to take particular attention of where our EMOTIONs are, to acknowledge them, heal them, and maintain a positive energy outlook at all times. (You can see the full forecast for the year here. )
“Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day. Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become. Your integrity determines your destiny.”
― Heraclitus
This week the message is to always act in INTEGRITY, yet being in INTEGRITY means so much more than this. What does it mean to you, to be in complete INTEGRITY with all that you think, say, and do?
The image of the white Unicorn is a reminder of the purity, innocence, and honesty, which ties all nature together. We are part of nature, even if we often forget this. What a beautiful thing to be an integral part of; that we can inhabit a domain where the purity and innocence of the white Unicorn is alive with us. She is surrounded by the energy of the Divine, flowing down into her forehead / third eye and of Mother Nature. We see Sprites and Fairies flying around her. Is it unsurprising that she is walking amidst a purple floral garden? I think not.
You are asked to pay closer attention to how you think and feel, and indeed act in any given situation. Are you acting in truth and INTEGRITY? It is so easy to make compromises with ourselves when we make a decision over something. We bend the ‘rules’ or the compromise the truth so that we can make life easier for others or ourselves. Yet in the end, who really benefits? Our conscience invariably returns to decisions made which are out of alignment with our Highest Purpose. We find ourselves doing more to reach our end goal because we failed to act in INTEGRITY at the beginning. It is all too easy to fall into this trap.
It is only by trusting to our inner guidance, our intuition, and honouring our Higher Self that we can make our decisions, wise decisions. They are then decisions, actions, thoughts, and feelings, which are in alignment with our Divinity, in complete INTEGRITY with all we are and what we have come here to achieve.
I am suddenly reminded of a part of a song by Johnny Cash, “walk tall, walk straight, and look the world right in the eye.” This is what we are being reminded of here. We can hold our heads high with grace as we traverse our lives if we but act with INTEGRITY at all times. (I will find the song and post it to my Facebook page.)
Love and peace of mind do protect us. They allow us to overcome the problems that life hands us. They teach us to survive… to live now… to have the courage to confront each day. Bernie Siegel
This week is the last of March and leads us into the huge energy portal, which is Easter week. The energies for April will come in next weekend and I will do another reading specifically for Easter then.
March’s overarching energy was NURTURE and we see the month closing with a powerful message – PROTECT. There is an undeniable feeling of strength and purpose in the warrior’s stance. He exudes power, restrained force. He is there to guard against whatever may come, and to protect whatever he stands before.
In order to look after ourselves we must also be prepared to PROTECT all that we are and all we hold dear. It is a time to take a stand A time to declare what we stand for and in so doing to be prepared to PROTECT the integrity of that. It is not a time to vacillate between this or that, to be unsure about where we are heading or even if we are heading in the same direction as someone else. All that we are, all that we believe in – we are being asked to take a stand and hold to its truth. The truth as it is in our heart and in our soul, even if that means we must walk this path alone.
Taking a stand and having a voice which others may not agree with has its own ‘dangers’. There are always those who will try to shout you down, to ridicule you and even to undermine your message. It takes courage to stand in the face of ‘opposition’. We therefore need to PROTECT ourselves from this negativity, for that is what all obstacles in our path truly are – negative energy put there to prevent us from following our path.
Spirit reminds us that our NATURE (March’s overarching energy), once it has been declared, may need to have the warrior in place to PROTECT us. There is nothing wrong or weak in acknowledging that there are situations and indeed other people, from whom we need protection. Life, our progress in life, our growth as a spiritual being in human form, occasionally demands that we take a stand. It is also true that we can sometimes fall back on our old patterns in the face of opposition as that is the easier course! We are asked to stand firm, to affirm our stance and PROTECT our inner child as well as our outspoken visible self.
This is even more important as we head towards the Easter portal. As we open ourselves to the light, which is entering our planet, we need to PROTECT ourselves from the negative or ‘dark’ energies, which may surface at this time. Wherever there is an abundance of light, we see an upsurge of darkness. We can see this in the number of terror attacks and people acting from a place of fear, anger, resentment, or hate. Surround yourself with light (PROTECT) and you are protected from the ravages of negativity. The dark, heavy negative energies will flow past you and your light will help them on their path. Stay in your 5 Dimensional way of being and prepare for more Upgrades.
Perhaps understandably the message of FREE WILL at this time is not only important but very applicable.
“This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 78–82
Yet what message does FREE WILL have for us when we remember the monthly overarching energy is NATURE? We are asked to look into our own nature, ourselves and see what it means to us. Are we allowing ourselves to be held back because we lack belief in our ability to do something? Have we perhaps given away our autonomy to another person because we felt “they knew best”? Are we afraid to take responsibility for ourselves?
We are currently traversing the great upsurge of emotional outpourings and release which the New Moon on Pisces has brought. It has allowed old, unwanted, outmoded and energetic ties which are no longer needed to be brought to the surface and released. Once released these energies allow for the influx of Light, which is coming to us in another ten days.
Here we are being reminded that we alone have the power to choose the path we wish to take. If we fail to do this we are giving away our FREE WILL to another. It is up to us to choose what we believe, how we need to go about performing our daily life, our work, our leisure, our inner hearts desires. FREE WILL is reminding us that we have this already. We have been gifted this be our very life and we are able to revel in that ability. We alone can choose our own path, can decide to change ourselves.
Talking about FREE WILL seems, in many ways, to be something, which should be self-evident to everyone, and yet we know that this is not the case. Some people feel, or are psychologically overwhelmed into believing they are incapable of deciding their own fate. Therefore, I drew two support cards for us. They were WARRIOR and AFFIRM. Powerful reminders that we are Free and Powerful human beings!
What does WARRIOR say to you? She stands there proud and FREE, unashamedly powerful and unafraid to face whatever may occur. She is willing to take life on in any way at all and using her power for good. She is embodying FREE WILL
We frequently need reminding of the power of Affirmations, and this is what AFFIRM is telling you. Remind yourself through Affirmations of the powerful being you are. This is you Affirmation for this week : I have FREE WILL in every choice, in every action, in every thought I undertake today and every day. I am a powerful WARRIOR and FREE WILL is my RIGHT!
Enjoy FREE WILL as you AFFIRM to the WARRIOR inside you thatyou are the orchestrator of your future.
Perhaps it is not a total surprise that this week’s card is LOVE. 2018, an 11 year, a year which is all about Change, New Change and New Ideas being birthed, what more pivotal relationship is there to focus on than LOVE?
“A thousand candles can be lighted from the flame of one candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness can be spread without diminishing that of yourself.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
We have the beautiful image of the two heart shaped candles. We see the rosy glow of the heart and the flame burning brightly within. Is this a good analogy for LOVE? Yes, I think so. The heart is always depicted as red, red for hearts blood, red for the blood we feel we bleed when the heart is hurt, broken, or damaged in some way. The flame represents the warmth we feel when LOVE is present, when the heart (symbolic) is filled with the glow of love, which is burning brightly as love fills us. It is a glow we emit when we are filled with the light of love and are sharing it with those we meet, those we send our love to and to ourselves also.
The overarching energy for this month is Nature – Mother Nature and our own nature. Where does LOVE fit into this energy? Very simply it is within everything, and in many ways, we need to be reminded of this. Without LOVE for ourselves, for the world around us and for everyone else within our world, (and the beings from outside our world!), this life, our very existence would be a darker place.
LOVE is a relationship, which must begin with you. How can you fully love anything or anyone else if you cannot love yourself? This month, a time when we have another Blue Moon, which appears at its very end, marks it as another very important time for us. It also falls within Easter, a time of love, pain, rebirth, and a promise of a life beyond the one we live physically. We are not asked to accept the documented version of Easter, though you can if you wish to. Yet you are asked to think of the love for all living creatures and behave with due reverence for life itself, including your own.
When one considers all which surround us this March it is not surprising at all that we are reminded to make sure we have room and more to place LOVE within all we think and do. Take this reminder to add love into your life, each day, and each person whose path we cross and life does have an opportunity to become great.
Remember, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends”King James Bible.
Love is greater than “a candle in the wind.” It is greater than one man laying down his life for another.
It is being asked to live your life for another, making “the whole greater than the sum of its parts.” ― Aristotle
“I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: the only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” —Albert Schweitzer
This week we have the beautiful card “PURPOSE.” Look at the gorgeous colours within the card, which draw the eye. This card speaks to me of eternity – gifts flowing from the Divine, which we are giving out to those who need to hear us, be healed by us, listen to our message. We are asked to open like the lotus flower and share the beauty we carry within with those around us, no matter how far away they may be.
The light we choose to shine, the life we willing share with others is like the reflection of the lotus in the waters of life. It is also reflect in the light which is flowing up, out of the centre of the lotus, from the centre of the Cosmos, the centre of the Divine. The multitude of orbs spiralling up and around is indicative of the gifts we can not only receive but choose to share with others.
Everything about the image is asking us what we wish to do with our lives. Do we know what our ultimate purpose is? What is it that makes our heart sing as we do it? Are you aware what particular gifts you have but are perhaps unaware of? Sometimes we need to ask someone close to us how he or she sees us as we traverse each day if we don’t know ourselves.
It is worthwhile taking the time to listen to your own inner knowingness, to let that inner voice of wisdom speak and to really listen to that wisdom. So much of what we do on a daily basis can bring joy to someone, or encourage them to reach a little further than they have already. Being a “role model” or inspiring someone to do what they may have seen, heard or admired as we move through life can be an incredible gift. Random acts of kindness can have immense flow on effects we may never be aware of, yet they are so important.
What is your purpose? How can YOU make the world a better place? Do you need to become active within your community as a healer, a teacher, a spiritual voice for someone else to hear? Part of being aware of how you fit into this “PURPOSE” is to keep doing what fulfils you, what feels inherently right, even though you may not know who you affect or influence. It is YOUR Time to Shine!
Remember, the energy of the month is NATURE, so we are talking about our inner and outer nature here. How are you perceived by others? How do you help others to become all they can be? Are you an observer in life or a participant in creating a beautiful life for all?
March 2018 – Metatron’s message: Ride the Winds of Change – Change is in the air wherever you are….. It’s time to be the change and make a difference.
A month of change. A look at the terror of the past and more upheavals to come. Gaia’s continuing changes reflect our own. Become a voice of change and Ride the Winds of Change which is 2018, an 11 year, a year of duality, a chance to be the change for yourself and for all. One moment can define your life. Choose change.
“Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp’d towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Ye all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on, and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.” …….William Shakespeare, The Tempest.
12 month Energy Reading for 2018
This week we move from February’s energies and into March. This year is all about Change, New Ideas, Updates, Change in the way we think, feel or do everything within our lives. February’s over-arching energy was MOVE and March is NATURE. Of course, as the wheel of the year turns everything changes and this year we are being asked to move synchronistical with external and internal changes,
The two cards to take us through to the end of February and the beginning of March are ENCHANTMENT and GUARDIANS. Both messages belong together this week and do fit in beautifully together.
Enchantment, February to March 2018
With Enchantment we see the huge luminosity of a full moon (perfect for March 1/2), drawing the spellbound gaze of a young boy sitting on a ledge. He is enraptured by the vista, mesmerized by it, and I hear captured by the stories playing through his imagination. It is from “the stuff of dreams” that the seeds of the present and the future are born and released. We are reminded that dreams do not vanish always, but often are changed as they are shaped by the changes times can bring. It is the “Inner Child” we must remember, nurture and welcome into our daily life who can keep those dreams alive.
The eye is drawn symbolically to the closeness of the moon, reminiscent of the Blue Moon last month, and yet the small child holds space before her without losing itself. They show no fear as they perch above the skyline – for their inner imagining sees no barriers to what may be possible. This is what we are asked to remember also. Never lose sight of your dreams. Be open to any possibilities but be flexible enough to adapt to changes. The Universe is their oyster, is indeed our oyster, and we have but to reach towards it with our heart and spirit to lead us towards a future undreamed of. All things are possible if we dare to dream.
Guardians, February -March 2018
GUARDIANS is a beautiful image, which always brings comfort. Within its depths, we see the immensity of Spirit, our loved ones and our Guardians stretching away into the infinite Universe. The huge wingspan reminds me of Archangel Metatron and Michael, and all the others we are connected to who are there to offer guidance, teaching, and comfort when needed.
Remember that in as much as Guardians surround us we are also Guardians ourselves, of our loved ones, family, friends, and our planet. It is also a reminder that we are part of this greater cosmic circle of life and need to be an active participant within it. It is no longer time for us to stand back for someone else to take responsibility for what is happening or will happen in the future. We, each of us, have a responsibility to take positive actions, for ourselves and to help others so that the dreams of the future can indeed take shape. As such the Enchantment and dreams of the Inner Child are able to come forth only when we becomes active as Guardians ourselves, knowing we are assisted by our own Guardians in moving forward together to a better, 5D way of life. It is a time to dream, be playful, live life fully and consciously supported by our loved ones as we support others.
As we move towards NATURE, we remember that it is the physical beauty of Mother Earth, our need to be close to her and grounded within her and also to our inner self. The connection between our very natures and the world we inhabit is called into play. The earthly cycles are as important as the cycle of life, is the cycle of life! As we see our weather patterns showing such upheaval, a reflection of Gaia, we also see the sometimes violent upheaval within ourselves – such as the shooting in Florida, the shooting deaths of two people by police in one week in South East Queensland, Australia.
We are asked to balance our Inner Child and the outward signs of a 3D world with the true nature of a 5D world. Nature is doing this in a noticeable way, so too are we asked to sometimes go through dramatic changes to allow our true nature to shine. The playful, engaging, dreaming Inner Child also has a great resilience to setbacks. They dream a little more until the dream is reality, they bring their true Nature into being.
“When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You know that your name is safe in their mouth.” ― Jess C. Scott, The Intern
In this wonderful life, this often difficult to understand existence we share with the world around us and all its inhabitants, we can be forgiven for wondering what is wonderful about it. It can drive us to distraction and also to the heights of ecstasy, all within the space of moments. It can make us question our reason for being, our reason to stay, and our reason for the apparently innumerable atrocities we are bombarded with daily.
I rarely watch the news broadcasts, the innumerable advertisements, radio broadcasts, or read the newspapers. Good news is hard to find in any of these places and the horrors are far too many to count. It is difficult to find the “milk of human kindness” whilst being deluged with the nightmarish ability of some people to perpetuate abominable acts.
Yet, even accepting all of this, I still feel, still believe, that this life is wonderful. We have been gifted with an abundance of beauty, of goodness, kindness and the opportunity to share our happiness, gratitude, and kindness with our fellow Spirits, our fellow travellers on life’s road. We have the choice, should we decide to do so, to make a difference in our world, even if it is only in a small way. Even the small acts of kindness and gratitude add up and make a significant difference to others and to our world. Without these simple acts of goodness, we would surely be in a dark place.
“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I’ve learned, the hard way, that some poems don’t rhyme, and some stories don’t have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what’s going to happen next.”
Delicious Ambiguity.” ― Gilda Radner
I see the struggle some people have to endure, the hardships and terrors, homelessness and cruelty and I know that our small acts of consideration are immeasurably worthwhile. The “Thank You” to a waiter or shop assistant for serving us with a smile, helping us to find something we want and in doing so, making our day better. They deserve the same acknowledgement. It makes my heart light to return a smile, a “Thank You” and more, to let their superior know that they’ve done a good job. It takes but a small moment and can mean so much.
We can have no idea what is happening in their lives – the hardships or losses that might be lightened, even slightly, by a kind word or gesture. I remember one sad-looking lady, going about her job in the coffee shop, smiling in all the right places, going out of her way to help by bringing someone an extra jug of milk with a smile. A smile tinged with sadness – hiding the loss of someone dear. A gentle touch on her wrist, a connection between our eyes as I thanked her for her kindness and for just a moment, I saw that dark cloud lift, just a little. Letting her boss know how good the service was and seeing her smile again – worth so much to know I may have made a small difference for just a moment. Who knows how important such a moment may be? If we truly wish to be able to live “In This Wonderful Life” then we must rethink our way of thinking, feeling, acting and living.
These small acts of kindness, or “Random Acts of Kindness” as they have become known, are often as precious as gold or silver. They spread ripples out into the world, growing ever larger and with unknown consequences. I have even heard a story about how one small act of kindness stopped someone from taking their life. They later said it was this small thing that made them decide they would keep trying and then they helped someone else and they found the strength to keep going.
Wonderful Life in Nature
“To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.”
― Arundhati Roy, The Cost of Living
We have all seen or heard of the film “Pay it Forward”. A beautiful film, which has immortalised on-screen this effect of doing small acts of kindness and how it can grow beyond anything, we may imagine. Yet, it is only one side of the coin. We can be selfish, self-centred and consumed by our own wants, ignoring everyone and everything else or we can think and act as though we already had a beautiful place In This Wonderful Life.
“Pay it Forward”
If you watch the daily news, read the daily papers, even the internet, you can be inundated with the horror stories that can destroy any chance of peace of mind. Occasionally it is impossible to ignore the stories of cruelty perpetuated by other people. Children beaten so badly, like a young toddler today that he could not be saved. We can be brought down by these stories, these acts of barbarism to such an extent that we can find no answer to the question of “Why?” Why do these things happen to innocents before they’ve had a chance to explore this wonderful life?
Magic is all around us – Always.
“Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If this question is asked, there is usually someone who will say they were angels, not meant to stay here on earth. Yet I find little comfort in this at times. Even accepting the premise that they chose this life, however brief it was, cannot lift the weight on our hearts at their pain and suffering. How can this be something happening In This Wonderful Life?
Bad things happen because, at present, good people do not do enough to create enough ripples of kindness to prevent bad things happening. It is a wonderful life. It is filled with wonder and joy, happiness and kindness. We can and do make a difference if we chose to. We don’t need coaching to do this because we already know what to do. Being kind, grateful, generous, are already a part of us. We have to make a conscious choice to follow those beautiful parts of ourselves and we can effect wonderful change around us.
When was the last time you smiled at a stranger, or dropped spare change into a buskers cap? When did you last smile at your waitress and genuinely thank her for serving you, thanking her for looking after your needs? When did you thank the lady at the checkout, the baker in the bakery, the butcher for selecting a beautiful cut of meat from the local farm or the stall holder who was selling fresh home-grown vegetables for you to enjoy? In This Wonderful Life there are so many ways we can all make this world a wonderful place, our daily lives a “Wonderful Life”.
“Life will break you. Nobody can protect you from that, and living alone won’t either, for solitude will also break you with its yearning. You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up. And when it happens that you are broken, or betrayed, or left, or hurt, or death brushes near, let yourself sit by an apple tree and listen to the apples falling all around you in heaps, wasting their sweetness. Tell yourself you tasted as many as you could.”
― Louise Erdrich, The Painted Drum LP
So I would ask you – remember to be Mindful, be in the moment, stop to consider how you think and act and remember that one small act of kindness or generosity can indeed be the small seed to save a life or even save the world. In this Wonderful Life we can make magic happen.
If you are a movie buff, you might be interested in watching an old movie called “It’s a Wonderful Life” with James Stewart. It says everything beautifully.
