THESE ARE THE “GOOD OLD DAYS”—DON”T WAIT TO LIVE, LOVE AND ENJOY THEM BEFORE THEY ARE GONE!
To make the most of life, you need to choose and create a life you love living
Lovingly written and published by Chinmayan
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 7, Issue Number 501
SPIRITUAL SOUP KITCHEN Section Number 60
Tuesday, October 3, 2023
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To Make the Most of Life, You Need to Choose and Create a Life You Love Living
I can say, now that I am in my “golden years”, that I have learned how important it is to create a life for yourself that you absolutely love. And to not put it off until some later promised time—when the kids are grown, when you retire, when you have enough money or any other perfectly reasonable reason.
Life only happens in the now and now is always the best time to live the life your really want, need and love.
If you can hear this truth and act on it, then years from now, you won’t have to look back on this time that is presently in your hands and within your choice, with regrets over lost years.
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We Are Now Living The Life We Love, Want and Need
Now that we are living the life we love and have always wanted, I realize we could have done it long ago and saved ourselves years of stress, strain and misplaced priorities.
Now that we are free of our old lives, I feel as if we are being reborn everyday. There is no part of me that could ever consider a return to the “bad old days.”
When I remember those times of doing so many things with our precious time, energy and attention that we were convinced were necessary, but which were so rough on us—I am all the more grateful for the beautiful life we are living now.
These Are “The Good Old Days”—Right Here, Right Now!
I am happier, more content, more blissful, more focused on important work that I absolutely love, closer to the divine, having breakthroughs in my prayer, meditation, mantra and kirtan practice than ever before……. because we consciously chose to create the life we love, want and need.
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Every day we find new ways to improve ourselves, our relationship, our work, our connection with God and our shared lives.
We are both aware of how precious this time is, and that there is no time to waste on anything that is not on our purpose line.
Taking time to pray and meditate, singing “Om Mani Paydmeh Hung” and listening to the directions of my own heart’s intuitive inner guidance is what keeps me on course.
I have come to understand that—
One of the keys to a meaningful life is to simply remind myself:
“IN JOY YOURSELF IN THIS PRESENT MOMENT”
This is it!
These are the “good old days” that I am going to look back fondly on IF I make the most of all the love, the sweet inner guidance, the grace and blessings and all the other good things flowing through my life.
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