It is enough

For me there is a joy in the simple things of life. A walk by the lake, stopping to spend time with bare feet walking on grass, hearing those first precious moments of birdsong at dawn, a yummy cup of coffee with sour cherry and almond bread, sitting down to write my blog, reading healing literature or meditations, connecting with other bloggers, reading their wonderful poems (while seeing how far short my own fall tbh 🙂 ) Anyway these are the things that feel full of love for me today.

I do feel I have faced my own hell over all of these past years… The Saturn Pluto conjunction is passing on and last year showed us all up front that death is the final word. Covid restrictions showed us the agony of not being able to touch others or farewell a loved one passing.. As I look back that hell opened for me from 2001 when Saturn and Pluto opposed each other as the twin towers fell.. The War on Terror followed and it brought even more darkness into our lives but it also showed us the value of life..

A very good book came out of 9/11 and 2001.. It is written by Deepak Chopra and is called The Deeper Wound.. In it he speaks of how fear and love intertwine so powerfully in our own lives, it seems to me that grief and longing do a dance inside of us, there is a love that we need, that when absent burns us into emptiness but also sets us on a quest. It is in embracing death that we find life and know the value of it.. Those final moments of holding a loved one’s hand (happened for me in April 2014 and December 2017 when my sister, Judith and Mum passed) showed me that I must value my own life and healing too, that each moment with a loved one is precious

Who knows how long we have.. Today I celebrate the simple things, I am remembering to cherish them.. In the end it won’t be how many books we wrote or read that mattered, it won’t be how much money we made or how many clothes we had, it will be the love given, received or denied that will count most.. So don’t forget today to tell those you love (most importantly yourself) that they (and you) matter! Cherish life! See the beauty in what is simple and precious!