Soulful musings on the duality of life.
I will always remind myself that I am not scared,
I am moving outside my comfort zone where there is growth.
I am not confused,
I am acknowledging that I have a lot to discover.
I am not in the wrong place,
I am exactly where I need to be to learn a lesson that will help me in my future.
And once the time is ripe,
I will move on.
I will remember that I am not failing,
I am learning.
I am not permanently broken,
I am being rebuilt into something greater than I was before.
I will remind myself that when life resists my flow,
It teaches me resilience.
When I am pushed toward what I think is my breaking point,
Life is showing me how much more there is to me.
When I experience difficulty,
Life teaches me to value the good times.
When I feel uncertain about the future,
Life is teaching me to live in the now.
When something ends,
Life shows me that there are many more beginnings.
When I get embarrassed,
Life reminds me not to take myself so seriously.
When I feel stuck,
Life encourages me to be creative and expand my thinking.
When I am lonely,
Life invites me to honour my own company and find peace in myself.
When I feel pain,
Life shows me where I still need healing.
When I make mistakes,
Life teaches me not to judge others when they do.
When my kindness is not repaid,
Life teaches me that we don't give to receive,
Being able to give is the reward itself.
When I am being mistreated,
Life teaches me that I need to value myself first,
For then I won't accept mistreatment.
When I am forced to let go,
Life shows me that I am making space to receive.
I will remind myself that to know joy,
I need to know pain.
To experience love,
I need to know what love is not.
To be grateful,
I need to know loss.
To appreciate stillness,
I need to know chaos.
To appreciate fairness,
I need to know disappointment.
To be compassionate,
I need to disappoint myself first.
To show empathy,
I need to know the dark depths of existence.
To flourish,
I need to be a seed in the dirt first.
I remind myself that time was not wasted if it taught me the value of time.
A failed attempt was not in vain if it taught me what not to do.
A path was not wrong if it showed me where I really wanted to go.
To experience life to its fullest means to know it in all its forms.
Without duality,
There would be no experience of life.
It would be without meaning,
Just a flat line.
It is the struggle that makes the trophy worth presenting.
It is the bitter hardship that makes the victory sweet.
It is the hard work that makes the result rewarding.
I will remind myself not to hate the bad for it teaches me about everything that is good.
I will stay curious about what life has to offer and what it will teach me along the way.
I know if I always remind myself of the beauty of duality,
No second will ever be wasted and I will live a meaningful,
Fulfilled and saturated life.
