Celebrate Every Day!

 Celebrate Every Day

Really think about this…

When I hear the word celebrate I think of a planned activity where festivities are offered. A birthday party, a wedding or anniversary, a homecoming or a vacation. Even a Celebration of Life…

What if we were to have the same sense of celebration about an ordinary day? 

I appreciate being greeted every morning by daylight. Would you agree that it is magnificent we get to walk in the light, even if it is cloudy or stormy? Isn’t it wonderful for those of us who celebrate eyesight to take in the comforts of home, the scent of percolating coffee, the hum of the refrigerator that keeps our food cold? Fresh food is something to celebrate!

Think of the comfortable temperature the heat provides to ward off the chill of a January morning. Celebrate the soft feel of the sheets on your bed, the fluffy pillow that cradles your head, and the weight of the blankets that keep you cozy. Are these not things to be grateful for each and every day?

Life is to be loved. Life is to be celebrated in every cherished moment.

Celebrate the clothes in your closet. Celebrate the children in your ife. Celebrate peace and quiet and solitude as much as you celebrate activities such as the ability to exercise, or walk in nature. Celebrate the friendships you have with your relatives and family. Celebrate your beautiful body and its capacity to fill your lungs with air and pump blood to your heart and absorb calcium that supports your bones. Celebrate mobility and cognitive essences and the power to live with an infinite power that grows your fingernails and hair.

Celebrate every day! It’s a fun and magical experience!

Awakening in the Midst of Crisis

 The Dimension of Awakening

When a person experiences a crisis, such as the loss of a beloved, what you once considered “ordinary”  becomes  a sense of gratitude and appreciation for what you considered “loss”. We grieve the should haves, the could haves and what we might have done differently. When a person awakens, the world around them becomes more real, attractive, fresher, vivid, and alive. Things once considered to be “ordinary” become more beautiful and fascinating. Sharing a meal, taking a walk together, enjoying a sunset…It's as if a veil falls away, and suddenly, an extra dimension of reality is added to the world.

What comes to mind when you hear "spiritual awakening" or "enlightenment'? The first thing that came to my mind was a  picture of Buddhist monks with shaved heads or Indian gurus with long beards and flowing robes. You might assume that the state of awakening is very rare, only attainable after decades of meditation and harsh spiritual discipline, away from the ordinary human world. 

Awakening is much more common than you might think. It doesn't just happen to monks and mystics but to—seemingly—ordinary people like you and me amid everyday life. It even expands to those who don't know anything about traditional spirituality.

We travel deeper into ourselves, becoming aware of potentials and energies we didn't sense before.We feel an intense sense of empathy and a strong feeling of compassion for others. This is why awakening is associated with warm heartedness and unselfishness.

Let us create a kinship with all other human beings despite our differences. It's an ongoing process of becoming aware of one’s connection to the infinite and becoming mindful of one’s spiritual nature.