Does one size fit all?!

Have you noticed … how we put ourselves in self-imposed prison by giving things, in our now experience, disempowering references to everything they’ve meant in our life before now, even if the references are things we heard / read and didn’t even experience! I notice generalizations tripping off tongues around me and wonder, is that really true, is that now, is that applicable to all as you are making it, is that what you want to give attention to, could you create a new reality?

Are there exceptions? Could that be our expectation? Why put all people with the same “label” in the same box? Are we labelling people based on our own limited perceptions? Are we being compulsive or conscious when we say these things?

Are our perceptions paralyzing us or freeing us?

How present are we to our perceptions?

Further to Mum’s post talking out the subject of needless worries about the future having a detrimental effect on our life now … living in fear in the future and missing out on the potential of now …

Whether you believe in Jesus or not, what could we notice from these words now?:

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? 27 And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. 34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day.

Anxiety, a state of uneasiness and apprehension, as about future uncertainties, is neither necessary nor helpful. It makes us heavy and slower and more indecisive. As Mum mentioned, being anxious is not fun for those around you either! I like Pete Koerner’s first word in reply to my question, “What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?” - “Relax”. Aaahh.
Now is the best time to free yourself from needless worries.

Flowers do not compete or create effort and stress, they simply add to the beauty of the whole.

What part are we playing in the colourful carpet of creation? Are we being a flow~er?

Today, would you consider growing from fretting to the fragrance of fun and flow?

Let go and let good.

Would you contemplate ‘Trust’?

Would you notice your beauty?

Be the lily in the field.

I have a friend who works with me in the office. She opened up to me about her desire to retire and the fear she felt about the change to her income that this would bring.

We talked about the basics of pensions and outgoings, before we got to the root of the matter.
She felt she was financially trapped in a work situation because of her worry about finances in the future. She felt that she had been left with no choice!

This was having a detrimental effect on her ability to work. She was checking things over and over again, staying late at work, taking on other people’s work, partly because she likes to help people and partly because of a fear that she might be considered too old to do her job.

Realistically, this was adding too much to her workload. It was having the effect of making her appear grumpy, as she was unhappy with her work / finances situation … and it showed!

I suggested to her that she be realistic about the extra work she kept taking on. I reminded her that nobody makes her unhappy, she has chosen to do that to herself and only she could choose to think differently. Encouraged her to dissolve her fear before acting by talking it out. We then talked about the future in hopeful ways and about expecting good things.

The flowers in my living room are not anxious. They do not choose to experience needless worries!

In her panic, she had made a mountain out of a molehill in regard to her future finances.

We always have choices - and yet, we try hard to ignore this and give ourselves a hard time by worrying.

Often, this worrying can adversely affect the very ‘problem’ we are supposedly trying to avoid.

I suppose that ‘problem’ is an emotive word that is not helping our perception of things.

So, back to basics, again, *smile* …….

WE CAN CHOOSE HOW WE VIEW LIFE

Choose wisely and live in love … Jane’s Mum

Everyone is seeking happiness. This is a truth that supports the food, drug, entertainment, self-help, retail, automotive, and every other industry. People are seeking happiness; and, when they can’t find it, they seek to escape their discomfort. Of course, there are those who are seeking happiness through misery; and some who are miserable no matter what they do — but happiness is the ultimate point. And happiness is right here, right now — not someplace else, or some time in the future.
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‘Eckhart gives a talking meditation about connecting with our deepest truth.’

‘Eckhart talks about Death.’

‘Eckhart talks about the concept of enlightenment.’

‘Eckhart describes the meaning of meditation.’

‘Eckhart speaks about being present in relationships that have a past, relatives, spouses, and parents.’