Living in the here & now

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Every day, subtle and not so subtle things happen to us, sometimes we chose to ignore them,  pass them by, or perhaps we don’t even notice.

I believe that everyday, we are provided with clues, helpers, prompts, hints and whatever we need to accomplish what we need to accomplish, or to learn something, or to move forward. 

All we need to do is be open to hearing/seeing/receiving those messages.  Learning to listen and to be receptive to these prompts, clues, signals and messages can be at first a little tricky especially when we then need to interpret them aswell.  
I rarely listen to the radio but when I do a song seems to play that seems directly linked to what is going on in my life.  Often we also read either a book or an article in the paper that seems to address what is going on in our life.  I think it is all down to being open, being open to seeing, hearing, reading and feeling something that at the moment is exactly what we need.  Perception must also play a part in this.

Our daily life contains messages, no matter how cryptic, from something greater than us.  We get messages and, if we accept them, they can help us navigate through our life. Some messages sent at the right time might even send us of on a new path.

Nothing is a coincidence.

Often my grandmother will ring me with articles or news snippets about various muscle conditions or trials

Mindfulness, that was recommended to me by the Pain Clinic has helped me stay in the moment, it's given me focus and allowed me to remain open to new things in life, I will even start Tai Chi soon!!
Since the chest line was inserted I have really tried to follow up on my openess.  I am trying to hard to listen, remain open and then follow up on anything incoming, it's hard because it goes against the grain of who I thought I was.

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