The 48th Chapter - Survive and Grow

Dec 24/16

Today as I sit on a beautiful beach I am thinking of the last year.  The gratefulness I have felt from the experiences derived from all of the gifts of life, from my kids health, healthy family, friends and the abundance of joy I have received.  As I reflect a moment, I have been lucky enough to experience, currently, a different culture and country.

From some of these experiences I have learned so much - one of the specific thoughts is our basic human need to survive.  In all my travels the never ending quest of people to survive and grow is a common pattern.  All in different ways but yet the foundation is the same for that base need for survival.

As I went into the local town today, a day before Christmas, there was a slight change as more people were at grocery stores than on a normal morning.  As people are in the mode of getting ready for Christmas with family and friends.  Although the overall task of getting ready for Christmas seemed similar from what I am used too in my home town there was a minor difference in the energy of this morning.   In general that was the sense of a pace that is more relaxed than I am used too.

Perhaps where I am from there is a rush to have a brief rest is one of the main differences.  Where one can make choices, in a different environment to live - the fast pace of all throttle and then quick breaks verses a steady pace provides the sense of a calmness.

As we are all working to survive perhaps that sense of calmness is needed more than we think and perhaps there should be more value placed on this?  Then my thoughts went to careful for what you wish - as you will get what you wish for.  Once you have it - what are you prepared to do with that gift?  It usually quiet exciting to dream and think of ways to grow in ones life however the most important thing is once you have accomplished some of these goals.  What is your plan to integrate them into your life for long term sustainability that aligns up with your growth?   The easy part has been done by you to ask the universe to provide for you and now that you have your gifts it is vital to allow them to grow and flourish in your life.  This pattern replicates in everything you do and experience and all aspects of your life require effort for the sustainability factor to become real in you.

Is that wish you have in your thoughts right now in alignment of your internal calmness that we all need?  Is it a new gift?  Or one that you have experienced before regardless of either positive or negative alignment to your calmness?

Like a great influence in your life - their choices have been made up of a life time of small choices to create the foundation of what you would like in your life.  So whatever it is that is appealing to you, behind the scenes and what you have not seen is all the hard work of alignment on their wish they wanted to create in their life.

What you seek might actually be a short distance for you to achieve yet by choices made by you might create a longer period of time that is required.  The shortest route are the ones that take you in a straight line to your destination.

A key concept of finding that straight line in your quest is determined by the choices made by you to have alignment in your calmness.