The Rules of Life 2

Time for some more rules of life. Life is often a bumpy ride but sometimes a quiet amble through time. This journey brings signposts, routes and happenings that shape our existence. This shape becomes like a map of where we've been that we can trace. It tells us which way it's best to turn what places not to bother to go and points the direction to head for. It's a sat nav for spirit. Here's a few more I've come across as I make my way through John land. Feel free to add some of your own!!

1) You can't make people love you, you can only make yourself loveable

2) How you treat a child ( kind or not ) will come back to you 1o times over from them

3) Wisdom isn't down to age, it's down the ability to learn from what comes your way

4) If love were a currency many people would save more than they spend

5) What you see when you look in the mirror governs what you see in life

6) There is only today; try to live, love and enjoy it as no other day exists

I tend not to think of them as rules to be honest, more like observations. After all life is one big observation.
You see what you want, you feel what you feel as a result. What do you see?

Omens, Portents and Passings

In 1994 the comet Shoemaker-Levy smashed into Jupiter. From that day my life felt like a comet had smashed into it leaving as big a scar. Pain, heartache, loss, trauma, old emotions, bad health, financial freefall and death arrived with a bang and the last 15 years has been a battle to deal with, put to bed and settle these testing issues and the events that went with them. On July 2oth 2009 another comet smashed into Jupiter - now I read that as an omen or portent of some other universal change. And that got me to thinking...what omens or messages do we subtly receive that we miss?

Here is a couple to think over but also to spark curiosity in spotting your own. And once you have try seeing the real meaning. It's not all bad because (obviously) I'm still here, happier than ever, clear of the past and striding towards a (new) future. So you may have been spoken to by -

• Clouds - some shapes have personal meanings and memory joggers
• Songs - at special times old songs have a way of finding us and take us to something we need to look at
• People - people can come back into our life echoing starting again or to deal with and let go of an era
• Places - suddenly you find yourself going over old territory or holiday places. Why?
• Events - another comet, same planet. Year it last happened my life changed. Now???? Look out for events 'coming back' for a reason like world situations, revivals, re-unions or fads returning

The Universe communicates to us in non-human ways. It can't call us up, send a text or e-mail or drop by itself with the message it wants us to notice so it does it in a more subtler fashion. Be ready, yours could be on its way anytime now with the hint of a lifetime.

Nothing Doing

I treated myself to a weekend break by the coast the other day. A simple sit down and watch the ocean kind of few days. I shut up whilst the waves spoke as they gently lapped the sloping shore. My mind stilled whilst my spirit soared through the array of pleasantry in front of me. Beautiful blue blended with soft shaded sand and a benevolent breeze that felt like paradise accompanied the proud sun that adorned the empty sky. It sounds like I discovered much but I hardly moved an inch. That is the power of doing nothing sometimes. We are so focused on making things happen that we fail so often to let them happen. So try achieving everything through nothing doing or not doing. Open your senses and let them be delighted.

The Rules of Life 1

I've been on Earth enough years now to have collected some understanding of what rules life conjures up. Some make everything more clearer, some reduce the stress or pressure, some come from experience ( pain and pleasure ) but all talk at a deeper level. And you probably have your own personal rules listed somewhere even if that's inside where it counts. So, every now and again I'm going to share some simple rules that have been far reaching in their meaning. To keep it simple and get the ball rolling this video contains wonderful sentiment and wisdom along the same lines.

Let me know you own favourites or special rules you've learnt to live by. Keep smiling one and all!