Wandering footpaths are a feature of my photos. And they're a feature of my life too, as well as yours. We are all on an endless journey. And we all have choices to make.
Our dogs take everything in their stride. They put their noses down and they explore their surroundings. They find what they like and they discard what they don’t like.
We can do the same!
We can look at our surroundings, our circumstances, and we can pick and choose. We don’t have to take everything life throws at us, or what gets thrown at us by other people, governments, natural and not-so-natural events!
We can decide what we want to keep in our life, and we can discard what we don’t want.
If you are burdened by expectation, guilt, or a desire to fit in, you’re not going to be able to make the choices that are right for you!
You have to choose yourself, from your heart, what aligns with your values. What is acceptable to you, not to society, family, colleagues …
What does the future hold for us?
We have no idea!
No-one can know what will happen tomorrow, next year, later today . . .
The best we can do is to keep our minds open, and explore - just as our dogs do - and find the hidden delights that are strewn across our path, but which we so often trample over in our hurry to get . . . somewhere else.
I love finding surprises on my walks. And I’ve been finding lots of hearts recently! Here’s a nice one that Coco is inspecting.
You may think it’s just a stone.
Aha! Nonono!
It’s a sign that love is everywhere. Beauty is everywhere. But it’s easy for us to miss it in our hurry through life.
Driving through the Burren - a magical limestone pavement in Ireland, full of flowers which grow nowhere else - a friend asked of a farmer on the road where he may see the flowers.
Slowly and deliberately, the old soul replied, “You’ll not see anything, hurtling through at thirty miles an hour.”
So true!
The beauty of the world is there for us. Our task is to look beyond the humdrum and see it.
Am I on the right path?
You may have been racing along your path for so long that you’ve forgotten to check that it’s the right path for you!
Does it fill you with joy, every day? Does your heart sing when you wake in the morning and see what your day holds? Or do you get a sinking feeling, a feeling of dread, as you contemplate your day?
Sometimes we need a little nudge in the right direction, to ensure we don't go off track. Sometimes we can give ourselves that nudge. And sometimes we need someone else to do it for us.
Do you have a safe someone? Contact me if you are still searching.
