* Inspiration – Join the Dance

Wise words Val.
Change is inevitable regardless of who we are, our culture or country. Nothing is permanent in this life.
I don’t have Faith so much as………know that all change has a reason and sometimes, a hidden potential.
In my own life, on a personal level……..every morning I wake up stiff and in pain, I tell myself that at least (in retirement from 9-5 work) I can handle this chronic pain and other symptoms in whatever way I like. I no longer have to ‘endure’ this pain sitting at a desk all day.
If I want to sit, I sit.
If I want to walk, I walk.
If I want to listen, I listen.
If I want to lay flat and have a nap in the afternoon, I do.
The pain is still there, day after day, but i have the freedom to choose how I live with that pain. It can be quite liberating in many ways.
It’s all in the Mind.
If i hadn’t had to quit working due to Chronic Ill Health, I wouldn’t have taken up Photography. If I hadn’t taken up Photography. I wouldn’t have re-discovered my love of Nature and all the little details of the natural world around me. If I hadn’t had to quit working, I wouldn’t have discovered the Joy in a Simple life. I’m poor in wealth, but richer in appreciation of the simple things that most people take for granted. I’m not forever wishing for the next Holiday or a new Car or new Shoes or anything else material.
There is no ‘More’ in the Future, so one sees and accepts What Is (in the present Moment).

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