Being grateful

I have been out in the sunshine cutting down brambles and have been in a quiet pensive mood.  I have come over all philosophical in the process but I have enjoyed being as one with nature.  I have not laid down on mother earth and stared up into the sky but have been working methodically that is until I came in for a cup of coffee.

Whilst out in the back garden, I have been appreciating my surroundings even though it is a mess at the moment and the wildlife around me and the peace the stillness of an English Summer day.  There is something very peaceful and calming about such days even though I have been tackling the brambles.  The insects and birds, have been going about their business feeding themselves enjoying the relative safety of the garden making me feel quite guilty for cutting down this natural vegetation in order to eventually put down a potager garden for myself.  

I am a country girl and one of my dreams is to live back in the countryside again living with the seasons.  I have always dreamt of a small wildflower summer meadow to be kept as such to attract the wildlife and to give something back amongst other things.  That is the dream however the reality is that I live in a City (and am somewhat a fish out of water here) but I get by and try and help those around me.  

The house we live in is not in good repair.  Poor management over the years by the Landlord or his agents; but on the positive side it is a roof over our heads.  So many these days do not have that security and therefore I am blessed.  If you flip the coin you always find someone else who is not as blessed as yourself in one way or another.

Sometimes we focus on achieving something too much rather than being "mindful" and living in the moment and appreciating what we actually have.  Since not working I have learned to be more grateful and more mindful.  Just because something does not pan out how we expect it to or does not happen as we have planned it does not mean it is not going to happen.  The timing has to be right for everything to slot into place and happen at the right time for you.  Timing is always relevant and if something is right for you what normally happens is that a sequence of events happens to take you to your chosen goal.  Synchronicity the pulling together of several elements to create a whole.  A little universal influence.  However sometimes the way things happen to you  (when you look backwards and with hindsight) are actually more sympathetic to your nature in the way that they happen - i.e. kinder than the original way and less drastic.

Being human beings, we do tend to focus on the negativity of a situation rather than actually focusing on the good elements that have already happened.  Sometimes we do not see further than the end of our nose in this respect.  There are sub structures and systems that help us all do things on an everyday basis and people who we end up taking very much for granted.  Because they do things, wholeheartedly but that sometimes leads to them being rag rugs.  They have things to learn as well and often that is learning to say the word "No". Sometimes people assume that we will keep on doing things but that is not always possible and somewhere along the line they have to dip their toe in the water and learn how to actually do something.  They then as a person are growing and learning a skill or knowledge which when the timing is right they can pass on to others.

So next time things do not go quite to plan, be grateful for the fact that this morning you woke up to enjoy the sunshine and the rain and to breathe in the summer scents.  So many of our dear ones do not have that option having walked over the rainbow bridge.

Be grateful it is better for you than being negative remember your glass is half full and never empty.

Catch you soon.

Pattypan

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