For the past few days i have been working on staying positive....paying attention to the moment at hand....dwelling in the here and now.

And i was struck by a surprising realization...

I saw that when i remained calm and positive...whatever the circumstance....everything seemed to be happening like clockwork!!

I mean...it was as if an unseen hand went before me to open locked doors..untangle knots...leaving me to receive each moment with joy....and a sense of newness.

No...i don't mean to say that there were only smiles...but remaining calm in a hard moment helped me to see that a hard moment is a 'disguised ' moment asking for a little more LOVE!!

When i forget to remain positive and in the 'here and now' i fail to see the open doors...and instead take unnecessary detours. Yes...i shall eventually reach the destination but i would have gone through a whole lot of painful, meaningless experiences.

Its like when I'm on a bus.....and i get lost in my thoughts.....i just might miss the point where i have to get off!! Yes...eventually i shall reach my destination but i would have taken a load of twists and turns which could have been avoided had i been focused in my thoughts.

Likewise with relationships....i know i want LOVE and acceptance....but bogged down by the past ..i kept getting lost in the dirt roads and by lanes.
I now realise that the only relationship that will satisfy is the one with myself..my soul...the acceptance of self is the acceptance i seek.
....sigh.. the road to this realisation could have been a lot less harrowing had i been dwelling in the "here and now"!!

But like every cloud has a silver lining.......there have been lessons in the detours too.....and i choose to remember the lessons and forget the hassles.

And so i strive ....to receive each moment with reverence...nurture it with LOVE.....and "create" my life responsibly.

sweetest feelings from swee.