Awareness

So often I move through the day lost in my concerns, my plans, comparing my reality to some ideal of how I think my reality should be! What these preoccupations have in common is that they most often lead to exhaustion, missed opportunities and subsequently limited possibilities for the expansion of good in my life.

Holidays are a chance to down time, a chance to take a break from doing and just be, and today was that day for me. Slowing down has the effect of allowing me to be more aware of everything around me as well as what's going on in my mind.  I can more easily take a step back from my thinking and loosen my attachment to things. Today I acknowledge I was in the flow of being and was aware of an abundance of riches; in the form of chance encounters, a most glorious sunset, a full rainbow, thunder and lightening and a walk on a beach so teaming with life it was as if the whole world was represented there. It was one of those days I will remember for a long time.

So yes it was a holiday today and I had the advantage of being more relaxed, but is it not the truth that everyday has the potential for such awareness of the good. I believe it has if I just remember to slow down. The number one complaint of people today is that they don't have enough time, that they cant catch up, that they are overwhelmed and I can feel this way at times too. I have to ask myself who creates my experience?  The answer is "I do," in the choices I make and how I approach any commitments. For myself I know, when I make better choices in how I use my time and choose not to do so much, I am more present and effective. I am trusting in a Higher Order and my oneness with It. My awareness of my oneness, is the source of my Abundance. Therefore, this awareness is my Abundance. So it doesn't have to be a holiday for me to experience it. With that in mind I wonder what this work week will bring!