By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
Most days would be lived on judgement of where the weather has taken the heart. On stepping out through the door into the morning, the first test of the day would be what the wind brings to the face. Such things as whether it is a cold wind, the speed of the wind and the smell it brings, all informs the person what type of day it would be like. Some people are good at feeling and interpreting the wind and subsequently what it means for the day, yet there are other people who do not feel anything at all or have no sense of meaning.
If you can notice and feel the wind every morning you come out of your shelter, assuming you were under closed shelter of any sort, then you would know that you are alive. This begs the question as to how then may we label those who feel nothing at all, and also the ‘ ‘less fortunate’ who have no shelter at all and therefore do not care. We may never know about the latter for they are often the ones without the opportunity of expressing their feelings and or choose what they really want in life.
It may be possible that some people choose not to notice the wind around them at the dawn of each day whether they be coming from a shelter or not. In the category of those coming out from a shelter, one of the reasons they may not notice the wind to then interpret things appropriately could be due to their living an unconscious life. However, others especially those without any cover or shelter at night might be due to getting used to the wind and in some cases ignoring it as they put their minds on other urgent things.
The quotes this week are a continuation extraction from a book that when read provides some tips that opens your heart to revealing your purpose and work in a useful, meaningful way. I am sure that the selected few quotations listed below from this book will enlighten you to one or two life lessons. Read and enjoy:
MAKING HAPPY WORK by Mick Timpson
“Of course we can have thoughts about the past and the future which are comforting, uplifting and hopeful. Sometimes it’s nice to think back on pleasant events, or make plans with excitement about what might happen. Although we like these thoughts and they are pleasant, this again may well turn out to be untrue.”
“There are only two aspects of you that are always in the present. Your body and your breath. To put it more accurately, you inhabit a body that breathes for you. The body is always present, unlike your mind, where your thinking spends most of its time either in the past or in the future. This is why we start meditation with the body and breath, because they are the anchor points that keep us connected to the moment.”
“‘Man is not troubled by things, but his opinion of them’ ——- So, like everything else, it is our attachment to our feelings that causes pain. Of course we still have feelings – we don’t want to deny how we feel – but we can change the way we respond to those experiences.”
“We know that friction causes a great deal of heat and energy. This is useful when we want to apply the brakes on a car, or generate electricity. However, when it comes to life we often apply resistance. It comes in the form of attachment or avoidance, desire, anger, frustration and greed. When we resist, we are inflexible, we try and hold on to a position or an assumption, which we have always assumed is correct or adopted because it feels safe and comforting. Resistance here generates negative energy which means living in fear – trust your inner compass and allow it to guide you.”
“When we learn to watch and observe feelings as they come and go, good or bad, we notice they begin to loosen their grip on our day-to-day experiences. Our natural inbuilt resilience grows, self-critical judgements fall away and we begin to feel different, positive about what we can do and our potential is no longer caught up in it.”
