Day 290 - A Year of Spiritual Awakening - If We Were Not Born...

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Lesson 290: If We Were Not Born...

“If we were not born, if we didn’t die, there would be no “container” for this particular human lifetime. The finite nature of our lives is what makes them extraordinary.”
— Sara Wiseman

Today we are to think about what else we want to experience in this life with the time we have left.

It’s a bit tough to think about how much time we have left when we don’t have the answer as to when we go. Maybe that’s the point of this lesson… because we don’t know the time we have left on this earth, why aren’t we trying to experience as much as we can?

I know I live for experience in my life. I changed my mindset nearly 2 years ago to really start doing things that brought joy into my life. By living this way, I’ve made some interesting progress and realising the only limit in life is myself.

The only thing I really want to do in life is travel to more places in the world to experience the culture. I want to see how other people live, make a better effort in finding a place to volunteer at and enjoy my time learning. I think that’s the only thing I want to truly experience – seeing other cultures and helping others. I also think that I’ll live until I’m quite old so that’s why I think I have so much time left. I don’t necessarily think I have limited time. I think I have plenty of time. Plus, it takes money to travel and I need time to save.

I think what I’ve embracing is my creative side – more so lately than ever before. It was something that was inside of me that I didn’t know I really had. It’s been great being able to express myself. Painting is becoming part of my experience also. I enjoy it very much.

Apart from these things, I can’t really say there is much more I want to experience. I mean, this may change in 5 years, but for now, I’m quite happy where I am in life.

How about you?

Day 194 - A Year to Clear - Glad You Did

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Photo by Jamie Davies on Unsplash

Photo by Jamie Davies on Unsplash

Lesson 194: Glad You Did

“What would you be glad that you did, EVEN if you failed?”
— Brene Brown

We are to consider this statement today. There are many things I want to achieve in my lifetime. I even have a list of things I want to do in 2018. What I really want to do is learn piano and learn a language. I have started and failed to keep a routine that allows the learning to flow. I don’t know why I can’t maintain it. I think it’s one of those things that I need to do every day at the same time to establish a routine. I think I will get there and even if I’m not good at playing piano or speaking another language, I can say that I tried. Other things I want to try include ballet, hula dancing, reading 20 books by the end of the year, master a form of handwriting, find a charity to volunteer at, travel to a new country and write more poetry and a book. Not sure that I will have the opportunity to achieve all of these things this year, but I will try to make a start.

I am actually sitting here trying to think of something in the past where I tried and may have failed. I actually had a book challenge where I wanted to read 50 books in a year. I started out really well and go to 24 and then just stopped reading. I mean, I hadn’t really read books for years so to achieve 24 was really a good attempt. I set a goal of 20 this year but haven’t really picked up books that weren’t related to witchcraft and my learning. I am reading quite a few books but haven’t actually finished any. It’s definitely something to work on.

What is something you can think of that you want to try or do, even if you might fail at it?