Love Letter for a Friday - The essence of living.

These words came to me early this morning as I thought about what it is to be living. With the grief of our dear Mother settling into our beings and as a friend describes recently of how grief walks beside you. I think it sometimes does and we need it to, to be able to function in our everyday lives but I feel it in my heart. The heart of others. Our hearts are heavy with the realisation that our loved ones aren’t physically present. I say physically as I know they are around us, leading us and protecting us. I suppose maybe this becomes part of their journey now.

I watch each day as spring unfolds in our garden and the paddocks around me. Life is like the seasons and is rotating to bring forth new energy. As we merge from Winter into our Spring and the new energy that surrounds us. This energy does help lighten a heavy heart.

I planted some beautiful Iris’s about 6 years ago and they are in full swing now. Their beautiful ‘frilliness’ is just so pretty and each year I think I need to move them to where I can see them daily. But as I walked around our garden yesterday, I realised they are exactly where they need to be. They are thriving where they are, why would I move them.

This notion got me thinking too.

Are we thriving where we are? Is this the essence of living?

What does thriving mean? Prosperous and growing; flourishing!

With each step in our day, we carry the intention of ‘getting’ somewhere.

Wherever that ‘somewhere’ is, it carries energy.

I think we need to make sure that energy is right for us.

Do we need to change the direction we are heading?

Are we being true to ourselves?

When we do this, our lives become meaningful and we have a purpose.

When we have a purpose, we feel we are giving and it helps us function each day.

Without a purpose sometimes life can seem meaningless.

We are constantly in the process of moving, growing, adapting and changing.

Change can be the action that shapes our lives.

Now as the evening light falls upon the surrounding hills and the end of another day is upon us. Let us reflect and hold onto our day with the love and gentleness of something sacred.

With less  judgement and more compassion.

Tomorrow is a new day and it may hold a lot of things but we do have the power to go about it with purpose and compassion.

Each person we encounter needs to feel the love in our hearts and the warmth of our aura.

It’s as easy and as hard as that sometimes but at least we are trying.

All my love,

Love Steph xxoo