Even the bad times are good

I know, I know I bang on a lot about gratitude and how important it is but the lessons of gratitude just keep unfolding in my life and I just had to share my latest one.

So last night we went to a party for one of my oldest and closest girlfriends birthday. On our way home the babysitter sms'd us to let us know that Eddie had woken up and would not resettle. We got back to find him wide awake not even close to tired and bouncing off the walls.

My inner whingy pants and worry wart started up. What's wrong with him? Why is he awake this late? Is he teething? Is he having nightmares? Why is he so awake? Oh I am going to be so bloody exhausted in the morning. Why does this always seem to happen when I want to have some fun? So tired......... On and on it went.

As I lay in bed whilst my darling hubby was trying to settle the boy I had an epiphany. If being tired is my biggest problem then I am so dam lucky, if this is as hard as it gets well I am truly blessed. A wave of gratitude just washed over me and I felt so much happiness and love for the life that I am privileged to be living. I am tired because my son is healthy and happy and not because he is unwell. I am lying awake not because I have worries about where my next meal is going to come from or whether I can afford to buy my son nappies, or whether my house may get bombed tonight or not, I am lying awake with trivial worries of when my baby is finally going to fall asleep. And that my friends is exactly why my stressings are really blessings.

I had further confirmation of this thought today when having a lunch in the park when my friend said "even the bad times are good;" Even the bad times are good such a simple profound statement which tells us that we are privileged to be alive, we are blessed to be part of this crazy thing called life and yes it may not be ideal but it is still good.

So I ask again, take a moment to realise that even the things you complain about are actually a blessing. I'm not saying that you aren't human, of course you will still feel pain and suffering as this is as much a part of life as happiness and peace but if you can take a moment in the middle of that pain where you realise that you are actually very lucky it will dissipate very quickly as it did for me last night.

Love and blessings to all
L xox

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Finding the sacred within

10 week meditation and spirituality course

PEACE

it does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work

it means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

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Been a while

Gosh I know its been quite some time since I have written and you will soon see why!

So here I go time to update you on my life!

The house:
So after a few months, NO offers (that's right not even one ridiculously low offer), a crazy roller coaster of emotions and some price drops we have taken the house off the market. Trying to sell the house was one of the most taxing things I have ever been through. For any readers out there who have small children and try to keep their house in some kind of a tidy state you will know what I am talking about. However fighting the up hill battle with a toddler to keep the house clean was only part of why this was so challenging. 

It was one crazy learning curve about practicing non attachment. I was actively trying to let go of this house as well as the expectation to sell as being attached to any outcome what so ever just caused me too much pain. The build up to the open home on a Saturday, the cleaning, the mental preparation and then the disappointment was exhausting. I learnt yet again that you can have plans for your life but they often don't turn out the way you envisage, the divine almost always has other ideas for us. I learnt yet again to continuously and actively let go.

I learnt about feeling gratitude for things that I previously thought of as a burden. Suddenly I started to see this house in a different light. I realised that if no one else wanted this place that I actually really did want it and that it is their loss and my gain that I get to stay here. The mortgage which previously felt like a curse I can now see is a blessing. I am extremely lucky that I can even gain access to this kind of money, to be allowed the privilege of having a place I can call mine, a feeling of security that I have never had before. To learn the lesson (albeit hard) that we can make it and pay this thing off and we are worthy of making a profit one day, just not now.

Me:
I continue to practice meditation and yoga and I am very proud of myself for keeping this up through chaotic times. In the past self care was generally the first thing that went out the window in times of stress, but this time I realised that in these times we actually need it the most so instead of letting it go I prioritised it. For this reason I believe I didn't fall into a dark hole like I may of in the past. I processed things much quicker and even though I experienced pain I felt it, acknowledged it, and let it go. Yay me!

I am also teaching a meditation and spirituality course starting on the 8th of October. My aim for this course is to help others find that quiet space within, to uncover the place in all of us that contains pure, unending amounts of joy, love and peace. I cannot wait to show others their own potential and I am honoured to have 3 people signed up already! We are going to learn so much about ourselves and bond as a group. It is such an exciting time for me.

So I have been busy but thriving and it feels damn good to be writing again. Missed you guys!

Love to all
L xx