my best friend gave me this wall hanging several years ago. i believe that when i received it, i am sure that i read it, but i don't think it held the meaning for me that it does until now. about a year and a half ago, my life got flipped upside down. with the end of a significant relationship, having to move to a new apartment, and realizing i was terribly unhappy at my job, i made three of the most stressful changes, all at the same time.
what a gift! my life has been blessed with good family. friends, a wonderful education, and abundant opportunities. i really cannot complain; i've had it pretty good. according to a good friend of mine and her extensive research on stress and its affect on the body, it seems as though those who have not experienced great trial in their life, tend to react with higher amounts of stress and anxiety when faced with some of life's difficult challenges. i believe that i may fall into this category. i say this was a gift, in that i have never felt more awake and alive with life. i quite literally, have broke open. i got a life coach, started meditating, started attending more yoga classes, started choreographing for my dance company, spent long nights staring out into the ocean and starting to listen to the deep, deep longings of my heart and soul.
in a world faster than any of us can keep up, i am realizing that impressions we make on those around us are merely flashes of light before they fade and the next flash catches their eye. our time on this earth is brief, and it forces me to ask the question, what do i want to do with this one beautiful life? what will be my contribution? its a pretty big question to tackle. i have learned that we can only control ourselves, our actions, reactions, and our perspective on any given situation. the rest is up to the universe. if we are quiet within our souls, amidst the noise, trouble and hard work, and we treat each person we meet along our journey as a true teacher, it is my understanding that our unique truth will never be with held from us. true peace lies within stillness of self.
live well,
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