Today, I am writing sitting by a pool in 20 degree warmth, rather than in a coffee shop!
Christmas is passing in a restful way, (if you like me find call running and gym work – and handstand practise – restful!)
It is many years since I have celebrated Christmas in a traditional way – about twenty six I would say.
There were a few years when I visited my aunt in her nursing home, and ate with her and her inmates… I sampled only grapes and satsumas, as the meal wasn’t very appealing to me…
I would then enjoy a sandwich in Fleet service station with a few others, also journeying somewhere on Christmas Day… Before making my way onwards to Lyme Regis for a Christmas evening with my sister Rosy and her family…
But other than then, in all these last 26 years, I have spent Christmas quietly…A space, an ending…
Of one year, the start of a new…
But…
Each moment is new, each moment an ending and a new beginning…
This moment all we have.
Here and now.
So looking back and looking forward can sometimes trap us rather than free us.
In every moment we will be shown our past and have the opportunity to create a new future.
In each moment if we ‘react emotionally’ to what is in front of us, we will know there is a tie to the past which needs healing, clearing…
And if there is judgement within the reaction to the person, the situation, then this is an opportunity for healing.
And finding stillness, silence….
To be free, it can help to practise clearing every reaction…
Freeing any judgement of another, knowing that every human being is exactly where they are and where they can be, and that we do not know the path another treads…
Observation is different to judgement – but there can be a fine line…
Only we know truly in our own being whether we are observing our fellow travellers or judging them!
And then as we practise – through the silence – between the thoughts – at the bottom and top of the breath.
We can be silent.
And we find that we are free.
Free to fully enjoy the transitions in this life… The holidays and rituals – the events – the fun, in whatever way we choose.
When we recognise the truth of our existence, we can shine our light here on planet earth
Embracing all there is… Reflecting our inner joy, our love outwards…
And so creating a wonderful world…