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Was going to bore you with a long long post on my kind of love, was even going add a disclaimer not to read it.
Then read something this morning, quite heartwarming, quite refreshing and I thought let’s make this post about
Valentine’s Day.
Some say everyday is Valentine’s Day.
Maybe,
if one has this perfect family who make everyday Valentine’s or Mother’s or Father’s or Goldfish’s or whatnot.
Most of us, rush around work, life, doing. Just doing. Not being.
Guilty as charged.
So sometimes, days like Valentine’s are about
Be ing.
Love ing
Remember ing.
Cherish ing.
Choose ing.
Now this is where I’m going to get my reasoning and my knickers twisted in a knot,
It’s also a wake up call to realise that we should be
Be ing
Love ing
Remember ing
Cherish ing
Choose ing.
Every day.
If we are just Be ing
We tend to, consciously, and unconsciously, break up life’s big moments into thousands and millions of little blessed moments,
And choosing – it’s alright for me to say
Oh Choose good over bad, love over hate, chocolate over lettuce!
No. It’s not that easy.
But, I read a long time ago, in a book that I cherish, read and re read over time, dog eared, highlighted,
a message,
So simple,
So deep,
So profound
(Forgive me ladies, am on a roll here, yes deep and profound probably mean the same thing)
That I take it to be my tip, my truth, my pointer to the right direction.
If or when I am at a crossroads,
If or when I want to or need to make a decision,
I go back to myself, my thoughts,
I choose
The first thought that arises,
If it’s a good thought, a positive thought,
I choose that, I tell myself that it’s from a Higher Source,
And follow that.
These thoughts are what Inspiration is all about,
The Universe is a dynamic repository of ideas, thoughts and what-nots,
From which Beethoven, Leonardo da Vinci, MS Subbulakshmi, Steven Spielberg, and anyone remotely artistic or famous, have derived the inspiration and the know-how for their masterpieces.
We too, can be those geniuses,
those artistes,
If we
Make every day a Valentine’s day,
By
Be ing
Love ing
Remember ing
Cherish ing
Choose ing.
In the words of golfer Walter Hagen in his 1956 book,
“Stop to smell the roses”.
In a rose pink art silk embossed saree, with brown and blue flowered borders and pallu. Draped it for my Skype class with my Guru, on an extremely hot summer’s day, got daughter number 2 who hibernates in her room, hence the yellow walls, to click a quick shot before organising dinner.
Bavani’s Happy Place 