We've all heard the expression, "Nothing lasts forever". For better or for worse, that expression is true--or is it? There are many layers to the ideas of impermanence. If we explore the angles with curiosity, what may we find?
A flower turns to seed, releases the seed and the plant dies back, melting softly into the earth. The seed finds it's way into a new patch of earth and is nurtured by the dark folds of dirt and minerals. The sun warms the seed and it begins to expand, stretching it's tiny arms to find and honor the sun. Breaking free from the soil, it absorbs the sun, the rain, the energy around it. All of which embolden the tiny seedling to grow ever more mighty. And grow it does, producing leaves, and then buds, and then glorious hallelujahs of flowers! And the flowers share their insights with the bees, the bugs, the deer and us, all of it's magical secrets freely given, until there is no more to give, and it gracefully succumbs to it's inevitable transformation back to seed.
We are born. We come into this planet with instincts and desires, preferences and objections, attitudes and chi. Our DNA is imprinted with all of the technology that we can imagine, but never hope to understand.
Is it that that gives us our individual purpose, our drive, our mission for life? Or, is there something else that drives us and pushes us to endure, even when we think that we cannot any longer?
We do endure. We persist at the daily tasks of washing the dishes, weeding the yard, sorting and organizing the should's and the should not's. Carefully at times, recklessly at others, making decisions with forethought and impulsively. All in attempt to create lives of meaning. Lives worth living.
What makes your life worth living?
It's important to note, to contemplate, otherwise we are spinning our wheels from the beginning of our incarnation until the end. We don't know if there is a new beginning, like the seed from the plant that continues the cycle, and if there is, will we be conscious of it? So, what are you doing now, in this moment of your life, that you can reflect back upon in your final days and feel accomplished? What can you shift, create, or tackle that will give you a sense of peace that your life is meaningful?
When we live our lives with the intention and meaning that is in alignment with our personal philosophy and mission, we truly live. Our lives are meaningful. Make whatever shifts you need to create this meaningful life, and your life will, in turn, be worth living.
