Cosmic Gardener – Cultivating a Life

Reflection is alchemical. It has within it the Magic to transform all wounds.
Reflect. Reframe. Release.  

“An unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates

Value yourself more than the opinion others have of your value.
You are a gift to the world. Be (a) present to yourself.

It is a good thing to challenge assumptions. A very good thing.
About ourself. About others. About our worldviews.
One could even posit that to question assumptions is a cornerstone
of healthy personal growth.

  The thing about assumptions
           is no more
  can you make them of others
           than they
    can make them of you.
            ~ Keys #48

  Everything is after all
      the way it is.
         Or is it?
             ~ Keys #68

I like you because, I love you although. Unconditional love.

We are blessed if in our lives we have someone who knows us well enough that they are not afraid to tell us when we have spinach in our teeth, or that we’ve been walking around with toilet paper stuck to our shoe.

Someone that we trust has our best interest at heart even though we may not want to hear their message. Someone who can also mirror for us the Love they see in us.

Spend time with those
who see through your guise
and can speak of it gently.
Keys #40

One of the realities of life is that if we will all know loss, some more noticeable, and therefore more impactful than others. Associated grief is not limited to the loss of a loved one, nor weighted by the particular circumstance.

Throughout a life, in addition to the death of a person dear to us, we may experience the loss of a beloved animal companion, family separation, the dissolution of a prized relationship, job loss, financial reversal, the loss of a home or way of life, or the loss of a dream. Sometimes in our loss, for a while, we even lose our identity.

When we are broken open we are given an opportunity to befriend our pain. If we are present with our losses, at least some of the time, we begin to value the gift of living in the present. The discoveries we encounter in exploring previously uncharted territory often prompts us to reevaluate our values and priorities. Facing our grief, raw and head on, teaches us the art of regret proofing our lives.

If we have known love, we will know loss.
Losses accumulate.
Incomplete grief work distorts our life tapestry.
Bless the love. Mourn the loss. Love again.

“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.”
~ Kahlil Gibran

Give Today What Is In Your Heart.
Keys #24

In this sea change that has swept normal out of our lives we are left to sort through the detritus and the pearls uncovered by its tsunami. With “clean beaches” we are better able to take inventory, but not in the traditional sense.

Schedules and routines torn asunder offer an opportunity to really look at how we spend our 168 hours each week. In pursuit of what end, and with whom. To evaluate what things we miss, and what we don’t.

Maybe in our inventory we discover that something wasn’t on our list that should have been.

Taking inventory is a key life management tool.

The storms of life
quite often wash up pearls
to the shores of our souls.
~ Keys #53

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”  ~ Socrates

The Inner Work we do is dusting our soul’s road map.

Know that you are enough and that everything is in divine order.
Be monogamous to the moment and trust. Always.

Life is a work in progress
And we spend our lifetime
Finding Home.

Learning not to judge by appearances
is the first step to learning not to judge at all.
Keys # 49