Listen to your heart
I was putting Riley to bed tonight and as I was laying with him, I put my hand over his heart and felt it beat. He's so perfect and beautiful that I keep thinking that something will surface that is wrong with him. Surely he can't be that perfect, can he? Then I realized that if I keep putting that out there, that I will attract it. His heart was beating so fast and I worried that it was too fast. But, I told myself to shut up and be grateful that he is healthy and that he has a strong heart. Which led me to get a little deep...
We are so engulfed in our lives, so caught up in making it important - or unimportant - that we forget that all life truly comes down to is a beating heart and breathing (essentially). What I mean is that I personally take for granted this amazing, healthy body that I've been given. My heart beats. My lungs breath. My brain functions as is should - although there is an argument for how much I get stuck in my head. We take life so very seriously. In a way we should. Things happen that hurt. Or surprise. Or create joy. We define our lives by these events. But we forget these amazing bodies that we have and the astounding amount of activity that goes on inside of us to make us living, breathing, healthy beings.
There are those that don't have such luxury. Those with heart problems. Lung problems. Neurological problems. So many problems. But, those of us that are healthy, we take it for granted. Or at least I do. We worry about such mundane things...all day long. What a waste of time! But, that is what life is about, right? For me, I am grateful that I am healthy. I am so very grateful that my son is healthy. And the rest is what I choose to make of it. Zen comes to mind here...and my favorite lesson from it thus far: if something good happens, good; if something bad happens, good. Everything that happens to us is the best possible thing that can happen to us. We can choose to make a big deal out of it. Or we can accept it and work with it.
How much easier and more enjoyable would life be if we didn't try to make everything so precious, or give everything so much weight? That's not to say that we should just shrug off the things that happen, they are happening for a reason. But for heaven sakes, lets be grateful for what we have, what we don't have and the opportunity to shape our lives the way that we want to.
Neil asked what I had been drinking when I tried to tell him all this. In truth, I had just opened a bottle of wine. But, these realizations came to me before that, when I was lying with my precious, healthy little boy and I was overwhelmed with gratefulness. I may not always stay in this grateful space - hell, I can get self absorbed and throw a pity party like the best of 'em - but I will try to stay in this state of realization and appreciation as long as I can.
In gratitude,
Aislinn
We are so engulfed in our lives, so caught up in making it important - or unimportant - that we forget that all life truly comes down to is a beating heart and breathing (essentially). What I mean is that I personally take for granted this amazing, healthy body that I've been given. My heart beats. My lungs breath. My brain functions as is should - although there is an argument for how much I get stuck in my head. We take life so very seriously. In a way we should. Things happen that hurt. Or surprise. Or create joy. We define our lives by these events. But we forget these amazing bodies that we have and the astounding amount of activity that goes on inside of us to make us living, breathing, healthy beings.
There are those that don't have such luxury. Those with heart problems. Lung problems. Neurological problems. So many problems. But, those of us that are healthy, we take it for granted. Or at least I do. We worry about such mundane things...all day long. What a waste of time! But, that is what life is about, right? For me, I am grateful that I am healthy. I am so very grateful that my son is healthy. And the rest is what I choose to make of it. Zen comes to mind here...and my favorite lesson from it thus far: if something good happens, good; if something bad happens, good. Everything that happens to us is the best possible thing that can happen to us. We can choose to make a big deal out of it. Or we can accept it and work with it.
How much easier and more enjoyable would life be if we didn't try to make everything so precious, or give everything so much weight? That's not to say that we should just shrug off the things that happen, they are happening for a reason. But for heaven sakes, lets be grateful for what we have, what we don't have and the opportunity to shape our lives the way that we want to.
Neil asked what I had been drinking when I tried to tell him all this. In truth, I had just opened a bottle of wine. But, these realizations came to me before that, when I was lying with my precious, healthy little boy and I was overwhelmed with gratefulness. I may not always stay in this grateful space - hell, I can get self absorbed and throw a pity party like the best of 'em - but I will try to stay in this state of realization and appreciation as long as I can.
In gratitude,
Aislinn
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