Thoughtful Thursday

Live and not simply exist? How do we do that? When we act not react. When we make conscious choices. When we choose to spend time with those who fill our hearts. When we do things that ignite our soul. When we align our life with our values. When we embrace, speak and live by our truth. That is when we truly live. It’s not all black and white neither…

Conscious or mindful living, is not a one time behaviour or pattern nor is it a linear growth process. It demands for awareness in every moment. Awareness of how we feel, how we act and how we react. It can help us dig deeper and get to the root of what pains us, what triggers us and what ignites us. The challenge is that we can be fully aware and…

We weigh ourselves down by holding onto all that doesn’t serve us. All the worries, the fears, the need to control, the grudges, the guilt, the failures, the let downs, the anxiety, etc., etc. We are meant to go through life experiences to learn, grow and move forward. Yet we hold onto all that happens almost as a grudge against life itself. We fail to realize life owes us nothing.…

If there is one thing we can predict about this life, it is its unpredictability. It was only last week that from my home office window, I looked out and admired the rigid regime of my healthy 85 year old father, as he walked up and down the driveway. Yesterday, he got diagnosed with brain hemorrhage. With the Christmas season being just around the corner, I had it all chalked…

Every single day as we go through life, we all face negative situations. When we have poor reactions to these situations we let a lot of negative emotions into our mind, body, and soul. Over time, these accumulated negative emotions begin to show up as disease (meaning dis-ease) in our bodies. We begin our rounds to the doctor’s office and expect modern medicine to do miracles for us. We stand…

Today on the very first day of spring, an absolutely gorgeous flower bloomed in our garden. The very first of the season. I have been watching the ready to bloom buds the last few days. Today as a couple of them miraculously turned into flowers I was in awe and full of joy. I grabbed my I-phone and took a photo on the portrait mode. As I stared at the…