A New Perspective

I'm feeling much more positive and in part it's because I'm getting back to viewing life with gratitude, it makes a world of difference. When I'm grateful it can make the seemingly worst senario quite beautiful. I think in being sick and all, I started to lose that and Was edging over towards feeling sorry for myself and that's someplace I don't want to go! So I'm not going too :-)

I believe I may be developing more patience or maybe it's just a different outlook, but when I was in the bagel shop there were a couple women with little kids sitting next to me - in the past I often tended to get a bit annoyed with the noise and chatter. This time I found them fascinating - they were having such a great time, even taking the tray over to the trash can to empty it was obviously a fun experience for them. It was refreshing to watch, but it was also quite interesting, a lot can be learned from little kids. They aren't worried about what's happening tomorrow or next week, they're just enjoying the moment. They also find pleasure in whatever they're doing, emptying the trash or whatever. I'm trying to learn from this and trying to be more like them. Kids can be great teachers, we all knew what was important when we were kids then in the process of growing up society took all that away - so now we need to relearn everything!

Cats are great teachers as well, in fact, they are often referred to as zen masters. I could learn a lot from my cats. They don't seem to get flustered about things or worry they just chill and go with the flow. There's a tremendous amount to be said for staying in the moment. That's my current goal to stay in the moment and I'm having some success at it. This is something that eluded me in the past, but I'm becoming more comfortable with it. As long as I'm progressing that's all that matters! It's the same thing with my health, I'm following my schedule and doing my part and I feel great, so I take that as positive! Life is good as they say and I can't ask for anything more than that! That's plenty! Well, I'm going to sign off now, so have a great afternoon and stay warm!


Cats are great teachers as well, in fact they're often referred to as zen masters.