Sitting at my window, watching the cutters trim the trees in the garden, I think about what I am going to share with the world. Introspection gives rise to so many feelings that are kept under wraps. The words that rise to the surface are – Heart and Soul and could well be the reason for living this life..

Love Cures people, both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it

The Soul they say is present when love is evoked in whatever one does, wherever one is and with whomever one is. To be totally absorbed in the person, place or event without ego and without judgment. Then one is in a place the Greeks call Kairos. In short when you are in Kairos time you are totally absorbed in what you are doing..

Love that you see people experiencing, love that makes the world go around, love that calms, love that heals, love that simply makes you rise in the morning and takes you through the days. Love that I saw portrayed in a movie that I caught yesterday-The Time Travelers Wife. The damndest way of showing love. Feelings between two people that surpassed time and strange barriers. A tale so strange that one wished that they were part of the visual frame. Their souls were definitely a part of their love story.

Outside the window the Season is changing, the air is crisper as spring moves gently into fall. In today’s world, office jobs and supermarkets have made it possible to work and provide for ourselves and our families regardless of nature’s cycles. While most of us no longer depend directly on nature’s seasons for our livelihood, our bodies’ clocks still know deep down that a change of season means a change in us too.

If we don’t acknowledge this, we may feel out of sync, as though we have lost our natural rhythm. These days, autumn is more likely to bring thoughts of going back to school than harvesting, but in both cases, the chill in the air tells us it’s time to move inside and prepare for the future (like squirrels). We consciously celebrate the change of season and shift our own energy by setting some time aside to make the same changes we see in nature.

Each of the myriad decisions we make every day has the potential to have a deep impact on our lives. Some choices touch us to our very cores, awakening poignant feelings within us. Others seem at first to be simple but prove to be confusingly complex. We make the best decisions when we approach the decision-making process from a balanced emotional and intellectual foundation.

When we have achieved equilibrium in our hearts and in our minds, we can clearly see both sides of an issue or alternative. Likewise, we accept compromise as a natural fact of life. Instead of relying solely on our feelings or our rationality, we utilize both in equal measure.

Balance within and balance without usually go hand in hand. When we are called upon to choose between two or more options, whether they are attractive or distasteful, we do understand about the choice ahead of us before moving forward. In bringing our thoughts and emotions together during the decision-making process, we ensure that we are taking everything possible into account before moving forward.

Nothing is left up to chance. As we practice achieving balance, we ultimately reach a state of mind in which we easily make decisions that honor every aspect of the self. Our modern life compels us to rush. Because we feel pressured to make the most of our time each day, the activities that sustain us, rejuvenate us, and help us evolve are often the first to be sacrificed when we are in a hurry or faced with a new obligation.

It is important we remember that there is more to life than achieving success, making money, and even caring for others. Our spiritual needs should occupy an important spot on our list of priorities. Each task we undertake and each relationship that we nurture draws from the wellspring of your spiritual vitality. Taking the time to engage in spiritually fulfilling activities replenishes that well and readies us to face yet another day.

Making time for the activities that contribute to our spiritual growth has little to do with being selfish and everything to do with your well-being. Regularly taking the time to focus on your soul’s needs ensures that we are able to nurture ourself, spend time with our thoughts.

It is easy to avoid using our free moments for spiritual enrichment. There is always something seemingly more pressing that needs to be done. Many people feel guilty when they use their free time to engage in pursuits where they are focusing on themselves because they feel as if they are neglecting their family or their work. To make time for ourself, it may be necessary to say no to people’s requests or refuse to take on extra responsibilities.

Scheduling fifteen or thirty minutes of time each day for your spiritual needs can make us feel tranquil, give us more energy and allows us to feel more in touch with the universe. Writing in a journal, meditating, studying the words of wise women and men, and engaging in other spiritual practices can help us make the most of this time.

Making time to nurture your spirit may require that we sacrifice other, less vital activities. The more time we commit to soul-nurturing activities, the happier and more relaxed we become. We all have days from time to time when it feels like the world is against us or that the chaos we are experiencing will never end.

One negative circumstance seems to lead to another. we wonder, on a bad day, whether anything in our life will ever go right again. But a bad day, like any other day, can be a gift. Having a bad day can show us that it is time to slow down, change course, or lighten up.

A bad day can help us glean wisdom we might otherwise have overlooked or discounted. Bad days can certainly cause us to experience uncomfortable feelings we would prefer to avoid, yet a bad day may also give us a potent means to learn about yourself. We usually consider a bad day to be one where we have missed an important meeting because our car stalled, the dryer broke, or we received a piece of very bad news earlier in the morning.

Multiple misfortunes that take place one after the other can leave us feeling vulnerable and intensely aware of our fragility. But bad days can only have a long-term negative effect on us if we let them. It is better to ask oneself what one can learn from these kinds of days. The state of one’s bad day may be an indicator that we need to stay in and hibernate or let go of our growing negativity.

Bad days contribute to the people we become. Though we may feel discouraged and distressed on our bad days, a bad day can teach us patience and perseverance. It is important to remember that our attitude finally drives our destiny and that one negative experience does not have to be the beginning of an ongoing stroke of bad luck.

A bad day is memorable because it is one day among many good days – otherwise, we wouldn’t even bother to acknowledge it as a bad day. We should realize that everybody has bad days, you are not alone, and the world is not against Us. Tomorrow is guaranteed to be a brighter day…

Previously published in the Sindhian