It occured to me that many of us, especially in the western world, often say we must 'fight another day'. I certainly did, and often, and that's because many of us are too conditioned to strive to succeed.
I woke up today not to fight but to 'love another day'.
Just one different word and a whole different world, and an entirely different attitude.
So, every day now, I continue to love to live so that I can live to love.
It works for me.
I am so fortunate to live next to a small medieval village, surrounded by vineyards, and next to the Pyrenees, in the south of france.
This week, although it's still late march/early april, the sun and the blue skies have been glorious and so hot.
After a long walk, and following my meditation, I was reminded again just how much nature teaches us about who we really are. In walking, we can feel nature so easily. In driving a car, we are more likely to just see nature. Yet I have learned that nature has a tangible force that permeates the entire universe.
In that force, we can commune. In that force, we can feel our total connectedness to all of life. In that force we clearly see the continuous cycles of growth and transformation and feel the underlying infinity of it all. It's so natural. It helps us realise that we are a part of a higher force that guides us. It helps us realise the power and the wisdom of nature's laws. In nature we can see, hear, feel, smell, touch and taste our reality and truth. I find my walks, in beautiful and natural surroundings anywhere in the world, fill me with spirit, gratitude and awe.
Yet we sometimes think we know more. How many of us are so busy with our own thoughts and busy lives that we don't recognise or forget the guiding truth that nature offers?
If we could simply 'be in the zone' then everything would seem to flow more naturally and effortlessly.
But because we have associated success with effort we have made ourselves feel guilty whenever we take a naturally relaxed approach to life. I think we have missed the point.
What we need to do is become 'totally aware' or mindful, which is another way of saying that we need to be fully in the here and now. We can only do this if we are in a 'naturally relaxed state'. Beyond thinking and even beyond feeling. The paradox is that it takes effort to become effortless.
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