My friends,
On Monday I will be celebrating 43 years on this earth! I’m Grateful. For most people birthdays are spent with reflection, and mine is no different. One of the biggest life lessons that I had to learn which quite honestly wasn’t always easy for me was to; “Raise My Words, Not My Voice“! Maybe it was the few years that I spent traveling alone in Bali and Costa Rica deepening my studies in yoga and meditation, but the emotional and spiritual shift definitely happened. In Bali I laid to rest the young girl that used to say, “I wear my heart on my sleeve, that’s me I’m emotional”. How reckless of me, my heart on my sleeve? My emotions so readily accessible serving people my pain despite what they truly ordered. Proudly, I can no longer ignore how people feel when they are in or leave my presence; do they feel lifted, encouraged, supported, heard? Or was I too busy talking and yelling to hear what was truly being said? You see, everything we do says something and everything we say does something!: I encourage you to be generous with your “I love you’s”, “I’m proud of you’s” and “you matter to me’s”.
A good friend recently shared a story about an African Village, which upon hearing immediately tugged at my heart. You see in this African Tribe, when someone does something wrong or harmful, they bring the individual to the center of the village and the whole community surrounds him. For no less than two days, they repeatedly tell the man all the good that he has done. It is the belief of this tribe that we all come into this world as good. Each of us only desiring love, shelter, peace and happiness. However, sometimes in the pursuit of these things, we make mistakes and decisions that might take us far away from who we really are; GOOD. The community sees this disconnect as a cry for help. They see it as an opportunity for them to lift this individual up and reconnect him with his true self; his true nature, “I am Good”. Can you imagine if that’s what we did? If we chose the words that raised the soul instead of burying it, if we talked about the Good to draw out the GOOD.
Always remember; “What we do for ourselves, dies with us. What we do for others, lives far beyond us.”
“Nabajyotisaikia!SHIKOBA “
“NABAJYOTISAIKIA”, is a compliment used in South Africa and means; “I respect you, I cherish you. You matter to me”. In response, people say “SHIKOBA”, which is; “So, I exist for you”.For your Positive Playlist: Higher Love – James Vincent McMorrow i Love you. Namaste.
