At any given moment the ground under our feet can shake, open and swallow us up changing our lives or ending them all together...... we are but specs inhabiting this space on our planet no different then the tiny little ant we step on on the man made pavement....... how fragile our existence is here.... how powerful and ominous our earth can be....
In fact we are all living in waiting every single day... proof you want.... the earthquake in Japan and what followed... the tsunami... the earth angrily shifted causing the water to heave.... to lift... imagine the force of the shift... the power... watching the water pour over Japan as we tiny, insignificant beings could do nothing but watch... the people living there that could run did so.... but those that couldn't the mighty force of nature squished them out as if they were that tiny little ant on the pavement.....
I have often wondered why people would live in an area built on a fault... such as Japan.... and what about California.... why would you live there on purpose knowing that at any given moment you could be gone... mudslides, earthquakes..... all powerful.... all mighty....
I get it now... it really doesn't matter where we live really... this planet will move and shake at will... it is not up to us where this happens.. or what happens...living here on the Great Lakes I wonder - can it happen here... I expect that it can... we are not in control... not at all...
Our existence here is so fragile... so fragile that it's time we wake up and live the moments of our lives as fully as we can... stop stressing, stop chasing, stop worrying....... and get on with living and loving..... if you knew that tomorrow your life would end - what would you do?????? Ponder it.... really think about it..... because reality is that none of us can ever know or truly predict that exact moment that a force of nature will pound down upon us and wipe us out..
I won't spend time worrying about doom and gloom, in fact I feel another wake up call.... in all parts of the world we have yet again been given a warning.... the life we have been given is a gift.... this moment is a gift..... and the air we breathe is gift.... the soil we plant in - who says it belongs to you..... the flowers in the garden are not yours.... you may have planted them but at any given moment the heavens can beat down golf ball size pellets and destroy them....
Every bit of what we have on this earth is on loan.... precious...... deserving of our respect and love.... as is our lives.... every single moment of our lives... 1440 minutes in this day.. this gift.. choosing to spend them respecting and honouring ourselves is essential because tomorrow you may be at war fighting for your rights even your life or you may be boarding up your home preparing for the hurricane or you may be whipped around inside a tsunami or caught in a powerful snowstorm that blankets you and everything around you in heavy snow or in an earthquake that topples the building you are in....
Positively on purpose with intense desire to breathe in clean air living your incredible life today... that is your job..... your only real duty you need to do today... to honour your planet.... to enjoy my 1440 moments with my loved ones and friends..... to love as hard as I can..... letting go of worry.... if we really live in the moment we see that worry doesn't exist.... for that moment is peace.... you cant change the past nor can you predict the future.... and why on earth would you want to....
Today, try this exercise with me.... every time you start to worry or think about what has to be done tomorrow.... stop yourself..... and breathe..... bring yourself back to this moment.. this one tiny moment.. clear your mind... let go of all the other stuff in your head and just be....
Try it... you will find after you do it a few times it may happen without you even realizing it... being in a moment where you must deal with something is ok... of course there are issues that you must deal with..... but the truth is worrying about them for days, weeks or months without a solution in mind... does nothing....
Today.... all you have to do is be.... enjoy the moments....
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