....ch ch ch ch changes

there's alot going on in our lives right now it seems.

simplifying

complicating

cleaning up messes

starting new projects

the one thing that seems to be at the center of them all is a new found sense of purpose, of reason or reality. the reality that right now is the thing we have. the past has been taken away from us, the future isn't promised us, and now is all up to us. rie and i have been constantly changing our eating habits for the better and adding more and different exercises. we've also been getting rid of things that we used to think were parts of us but realized that they are just things.

i've been reading Eckhart Tolle's book A New Earth and have already found myself looking at every, little, single action and event of my daily life as it's own unique moment, deserving of my full attention. the focus of the book is that right now, in this moment is all that we have. appreciating every little thing for what it actually is, instead of it just being some kind of filler, or background, waiting for something bigger, or more important. simply put, it's about living in the "now".

things are changing and i am finally becoming appreciative to the God who made me, for everything else that he has made as well. i'm seeing his fingerprints in so many different ways. i have wonderful friends that i am making a more determined effort to spend time with because i realize how fast those moments pass us by, and before we know it it's been 3 weeks and we haven't seen each other.

and i have a "new friend" who is going through some tough, tough experiences right now. we just became friends so to speak and i can't help but think that whatever reason God had for letting her drop me a hello note, it has been good for both of us.

thinking about the positive of my friends pregnancy and the negative of my other friends heartache i think of a quote from A New Earth where he says that :

"life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. how do you know this is the experience you need? because this is the experience you are having at this moment."



i've always been fascinated with the horizon. the emotions that pour through me when i realize that there is countlessly more than what i know or what i've seen. it's at the heart of rie and i in every journey we take. no matter what type of change we are facing, it's almost like we live for the unknown and the hope it brings.

i hope this journey continues, that it continues strong, and that it is not a cruise control journey. i don't want to mail it it and relax. i want to be aware of every acceleration, every slow down, every twist, turn and change. i hope you all are having your own "awakening" so to speak, and i hope yours shakes you to your bones and never leaves you.

we are truly filled with a passion and a love to do great things. and i am excited to see what awaits us all.

one last quote for you from A New Earth
"Internal and external are ultimately one. When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently. Love and compassion arise, and they affect the world."