Flexible: a simple, yet profound word, characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different or changing requirements. And since daily life presents us with changing requirements all the time, being capable of adapting to new and different things is a rather handy skill. In fact, creating and maintaining a flexible mind and body is an art, for it lets you tune in to change. Instead of fighting change, you become change so you can let it work for you, both on a practical and spiritual level.
This is my 100th post! To celebrate, here’s a colorful picture, reflecting the waves of love that dance around us, often unknowingly. It’s an energy, so subtle and clear that it’s easily overlooked. Yet if you close your eyes, and take a deep breath – you may tap in on it. This unbreakable and everlasting force, always there to carry you. Some might call it God – I simply call it connection. Connection to life before living. Impersonal, neutral, safe and free from suffering – a field of pure potential. So here’s to that field. The waves of love.
“The funny thing about fairy tales, is that we forget about them so fast. And we grow up, we buy things, we build up fences. We sell our innocence and forget our dreams. We forget who we are in order to be something we’re not. And we’ll keep believing in this so called truths, until we forget how to live. Or until we open our eyes, and wake up.” This text comes from the trailer of the film ‘Intentio’ by Loïc Wirth. I wondered: are my eyes open? Am I awake? I mean, really? And – how about you?
Fear less, hope more: look at the bright side. Eat less, chew more: take your time to really enjoy what you eat. Whine less, breathe more: live in the moment. Talk less, say more: express yourself wisely. Love more, and all good things will be yours: love can transform anything into something good.
Welcome to Paris on a warm afternoon somewhere in September. You’ll be accompanied by singer/songwriter Lianne La Havas. As she takes you through the crowded streets, her soulful soothing voice and gentle guitar play, really are an oasis of peace. Watching this video will make you feel as if you’re actually there. It’s a blissful afternoon tune, perfect for a sunday. The song she’s playing is called ‘No Room for Doubt’ and the video is shot as a part of the great Take Away Shows by La Blogothèque. More Take Away Shows that featured on focusNjoy.com, click here and here.
What is normal anyway? When we behave like the majority of people? Is that normal? That’s actually quite strange, millions of people behaving in the same way. I think it’s quite normal to be strange. As it is quite strange to be normal. American politician Adlai E. Stevenson (1835-1914) said: “When you look closely, people are so strange and so complicated that they’re actually beautiful”. I fully agree.
A little poetic thought I had: You can see a dessert in a grain of sand. An ocean in a drop of water. A flower is like a star, the blossom, the universe. Everything, connected. An infinite cycle of creation.
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