This is such a wonderful poem by Tara Sophia Mohr.   It frames the questions and the deep longings in our beings.

Callings are dispatches from the universe
about what work is yours to do.

Callings are your assignments for bringing light into the world.

Oh wait.
Here’s what they really are:

When you take the great love for all life,
when you take the great power of service
when you take the energy of the universe,
the desire to extend, expand, and amplify life

And filter it through the prism
of your gifts
your abilities
your circumstances
your opportunities to serve
what you get is
your calling.

Big love for all life,
the great love,
filtered through the prism of you.

Don’t want to miss out on that, do you?

Tara Sophia Mohr

start where you are, 

the path is 

wherever you are standing.


The insight  that Dennis River's words bring can stand on its own as a platform for new beginnings. How much do we take miss in the magic moments because we take the mundane and make it the standard for our lives?

Everyday the Earth gives me life

in a thousand ways, but I could say

well, it’s just an ordinary day,
nothing new, same as yesterday.

How is it that have I set
my threshold of gratitude so high

                              
that it sometimes seems

nothing short of winning a galactic lottery,

the prize to be delivered by flaming chariots,
will delight me?
Somehow I have arranged to deny myself
a thousand daily moments of delight.

                                                            Dennis Rivers Prayer Evolving

“The same stream of life that runs through the world runs through my veins night and day and dances in rhythmic measure.  It is the same life that shoots in joy through the dust of the earth into the numberless blades of grass and breaks into waves of tumultuous flowers.”                                                                  Rabindrananath Tagore

What meaningful events texture and colour your being and living? 

A small pebble conjures up vivid memories of a happy time with friends ...  A photograph takes us back to a moment in time we’d forgotten...   The first scribbles and sayings of our children transport us to the sweetest unconditional love – remember those first gentle butterfly kisses?   Our hearts sing as we find and treasure those awesome times that were meaning-full to us personally.  They are special to us because we have given them meaning.

For the next person who has no insight to our emotional response to that little pebble it’s just a stone.

What’s the big deal?  But  for us, for you and me, these are the threads that richly colour all our lives.

Are all memories good ones? You know the answer to that already.  You also probably know that we mostly drag up the negative ones, the critical ones and run those through our brains most of the time.

They are the ones that keep us from sleeping at night, that fill doctor’s rooms and keep the pharmaceutical companies in business.   Those never-ending re-runs, re-cycling, repetition, repetition, repetition! 

Only you can break the cycle by doing things differently. Review the meaning of the experiences that you hold dear. Treasure good memories.  Find the laughter and the magic that lies buried in your mind waiting for you to recover it.   Warm your heart with wonder and wander around the miracle that you are in every way.

Change

Change your thinking

Change your life 

You can control only

 what you think,

what you feel

 what  you say

 and what you do.