Expressing life's journeys in writing and poetry
Every place, person, situation will bring something different to our lives;
Some help us grow
Some help us to heal
Some are there through all
However each appear or however difficult, they all are meaningful and in some way worthy of gratitude
In our life there are many places, people and situations and there are also many lenses to look through
Choose what works best for you and to the best ultimately all
In gratitude 🙏 💗
M.L Adams
The choices we make; make all the difference to our world đź’•
~ M. L Adams
In all things faith wins
Falling rising everything
Direct paths within đź’•
~ M. L Adams
To find real meaning in life
Is to accept death in life,
To befriend the impermanence of all that is,
To release the entire bodymind in to emptiness with each exhalation.
To yield unconditionally to death on each exhalation, is to be reborn and regenerated with each inhalation.
On the other hand to recoil from the death and impermanence of each moment is to recoil from the life of each moment; since the two are one and the same.
– Ken Wilber
“No goal can have much effect unless taken seriously. Each goal prescribes a set of consequences, and if one isn’t prepared to reckon with them, the goal becomes meaningless.”
~ Mihaly Czikzentmihaly
There is no end
Only beginnings
Every moment
Is a new beginning
~ M. L Adams
Our world is becoming more fast paced by the minute and it seems along with the consumerist culture of products and pleasures, that people and relationships are being treated in this way more frequently too. In dating culture it has become very obvious, from how we can pick and choose someone based upon their appearance alone to how many just wont stick around with someone any more if they don’t quiet meet the checklist.
In some ways I think this may be a positive but it can also go too far. It can occur in friendships as well as relationships, I’ve recently had personal experience of this with such people and situations where after making one mistake or doing one thing that doesn’t meet their needs alone, they will just drop you like a ton of weight.
It is understandable if situations occur where someone goes too far, we need to be clear with them to not do the same again. However we are all only human and where is the depth and realness when people are marked off a checklist and treat like a consumer product. The deepest and best relationships come when we truly see the person and love and accept them just the same. This is how we can be with family and those closest to us, to have truly valuable lasting real-ationships, we need to see others as their whole self too. Unless of course we are happy with a surface relationship that has no passion, depth or bond.
Maybe products today are not made to last but as people we are not made to be thrown away, we are here to love and be loved as a whole and as we are. This is the kind of relationships I now seek, ones that are real, where others are themselves and I can be too. Because of this I know I too have to be vulnerable and drop my checklist, choosing to see anyone I know and meet as whole person worthy of love and acceptance no matter what.
As for the actual products in my life I always try to keep them as long as I can and recycle (but I am not so attached to them). The people that are in and come into our lives are not material objects but feeling beings, so in knowing this myself I choose to be open and receptive to this, to all the beauty in each person and not just someone who is there to tick my list. I would hope in this I can bring far more to others and that the relationships in my life will be far more real and enriching. As for the consumerists I’ll let them continue shopping 🙂
I’m curious to hear your thoughts on this too, have any of you experienced this or is it something you’ve noticed happening? Do you think it can be a positive at all or purely a negative for our relationships and in how we treat people?
Thank you for all your realness, loving and feedback as always 🙂
Find the truth on your path;
Each one of us has a different way
Its not for us judge or try to take another
Along with us on our way,
Its only us that can travel this path;
Though others may follow too,
The ones who will stay the full road
They are only a few
We may still want to hold on,
But some are just not meant to be
They come to our lives for a lesson,
A lesson we may no longer need
Keep travelling on, on your true path
There are many more missions to seek
Don’t let others try to stop you
There job is not to hold you there
But to travel along on their path;
Until you may meet again somewhere
~ M.L.Adams
The place where love is born
Deep inside where nothings worn
All open fresh and new
Like new spring blossom dew
Such beauty deep within
Brings pimples to your skin
All fresh and new and bright
Like morning sunlight
Hold on each day and night
To such beauty in your life
Each day can be this way
Such a beautiful loving place
~ M. L.Adams
Journeys in Writing 