Life Ascendant

Sometimes your actions are wonderfully and amazingly out of your control.

You do things, take chances and risks you normally wouldn't see yourself taking.

You don’t know why, but the reason is not important.

It is as if a set of conditions has been met. You are in a state of flow. Pure intentions, feelings, a state of excitement taking the risk.

Yet it doesn't feel like one.

It’s more like it’s thee right thing to do... the only thing you were meant to do at that exact moment.

Thoughts about the experience only arise after the event itself has passed, when you are back to the normal you.

These experiences aren't meant to be analyzed. Only to be taken in, observed, and felt with an open mind and self.

When strangers are brought together by something larger than life itself and are ready for the encounter, magic happens.

So much to learn: Life lessons, insights, the discovery of a piece of yourself you never knew existed, and the way it instantly changes you.

Maybe all the things you need to know and learn at that particular time in your life.

How much of me belongs to me, how much of me belongs to you. 

Scattered across time and dimensions then and where, you made me whole. 

Where there were but no lights you make me shine 

Cornered by my own darkness, you nourished my spark enabling me to shine as bright as the brightest star. 

A star you now can depend on and love. 

💫 

Yesterday is nothing but a remembrance - tomorrow but a dream.

This very moment right now is the only thing that ever exists.

The assertion of life’s impermanence could present itself in your tomorrow, robbing you of all dreams.

With the wisdom of this cosmic truth realized, making choices pure of intent, meaning, and without regrets are made definite.

Even in direst situations when choices seem nonexistent, there is still a choice of attitude with which to face any circumstance in a way that gives meaning to any difficulty.

Looking back on each day with contentment, knowing you have done your best, knowing you have truly lived.

You are born, you grow, and you learn the ways of survival within your necessary and trusted circles;

life then flows unconsciously by like an unobserved creek in your backyard.

Enjoying life is a conscious choice!

Since birth, I was taught how to survive and which paths I should take for success in life.

But I was never taught the merits of enjoying life.

Instead, life flowed in an automated fashion where shades of success and failure dictated the level of enjoyment I 'deserved'.

How I have learned to enjoy life

I have discovered that the secret to enjoying life is to live each and every moment to its fullest.

It is one of those simple but hard things to do.

For me, this means:

• Be fully present in each moment
• Actively take in every aspect of the moment
• Feel and appreciate the beauty of multiple perspectives
•  Realize the blessings of what you are experiencing
•  Be grateful
•  Connects as deeply as you can

And if you ever think of will the next moment begin? The answer is:

- Now

- Always

- It already has...

Being mindful brings awareness into each moment, hones your perception, and infuses joy deep within one's self.

Conscious moments nourish compassion, remove the filters of ignorance, and allow us to fully experience the joy of life

No object defines me: Not on its own or in concert with any number.

My friends show the type of company I keep, but they are not who I am - or who I want to be.

It may be good; it may be sinful - and while it may be true - what others think of me doesn't  define who I am.

The intentions behind my actions and the things I connect with - shape my interaction in the present,

but it does not define me.

Why is there a need?

What purpose is served?

Like all things existing within the grasp of change and transformation, their natural flow constantly shifts to a point where conscious efforts are required to maintain ones sense of balance.

Identifying with parts of yourself, or extensions thereof, in the trails of your own evolution, no longer sits right with the soul.

It’s no simple task knowing exactly why a certain change instills questions that give birth to uncertainties in what you might still find relevant.

Reluctant to alter or cast away past efforts in favor of current and possible future usefulness - increases the gap in the once identifiable self and present you.

For what is meant of change if not conscious evolution and letting go of that which can no longer identify us truthfully?

The secrets of the heart lie in the present. The old days never were - tomorrow will never be.

The day is young... it always is, and so are you.

This perspective adds fuel to the now, passion to the heart - breath to the soul.

What you do in the present is who you are - never part of what you will become.

Perspectives chosen

A perspective that also fuels the myths of tomorrow:

The inheritors.

Do you treat life like it's an entity with a will of its own; and believe that you are at its mercy?

If so, is that not the same as saying your life is not your own; but a result of the whim of this mythical being whose actions - and inactions, create the fate of those still in its cradle?

Is life God?

The answers we seek about life, and its reason for being, stem from the realities we create - and consequently from the stories we tell ourselves.

Once you accept and integrate the fact that you alone are the creator of your life, you eventually realize that:

the present is your canvas,

awareness of your brush,

and purposeful moments, your artwork.

Life is a series of purposeful moments strung together to tell your unique story.

With that thought in mind, is apparent that the present, the now, is the only reality.

So, what is the meaning of life?

You tell me!

The energy that is you, the universe itself, needs the care of intention and purpose from the combined guided will of compassion, wisdom, and love.

• The wisdom of impeccable timing and application
•   The compassion of a mother for her only child
•   The love of a heart that sees and recognizes itself