What if....

What if?  What if you could forget about all of the things that have gone wrong in your life?  What if you could wipe the slate clean and start new?  What if you could stop worrying about what might or might not happen tomorrow or the next day or the day after that?  And what if, just for once you could live in this moment and in this moment?  What if you could be present for all of what life has to offer you today, this minute?  It would be such a great gift to be able to do that.  Not only for you, but for your children, your loved ones, friends and the world at large.

So, let go of the past, you are not your history, you are not your circumstances.   The things that went wrong, the terrible childhood, or trauma that you had to endure were all there to give you a lesson to love, to tolerate and to accept the same in someone who is on a similar journey.   Let go of people who have hurt you, who have let go of you and who you have let go of.  Let go of the feelings that leave you insecure, fragile, negative, and unloved.  When we haven't learned the lesson, when we have been beaten down enough, then we can become lost.  But remember something, you are stronger than you think you are.  So look at yourself carefully, reflect on the past, and be amazed at what you have overcome and think of it this way, If I can get through that, I can get through anything.

Look in the mirror.  What do you see?  Do you see someone who is truly happy?  Or do you see someone who has worry lines on their face, or are you getting some wrinkles that you had not seen before?  Do you see someone who is depressed?  Fat? Or do you see someone who has earned every laugh line, every grey hair, and every wrinkle?  Look at yourself carefully.  The outer shell has absolutely nothing to do with what is inside you.  Inside of each of us, no matter how damaged, there is a heart.  You may think you have nothing left, no family, no friends, nothing to be proud of and nothing to look forward to.  But if you begin to be in service to others, you will be surprised at how fast your heart will start to sing.  Be there for others, reach out and help someone else up when they have fallen.  Be there to listen, wipe away the tears, and then watch the sun come out.  Be grateful that you have made it so far in life. When you think there is no one, look around, reach out, there is someone, there really is.  It just takes you.  It takes you to begin to trust, to begin to live life the way you are meant to live it.

Some have had to endure so much in their lives and yet they are able to live life to the fullest and let go of the past.  These people are the ones who know that life gives us what we bring to it.

If you bring worry, negativity, hatred, rage, and hold on to bad memories of the past, then you will keep collecting more of the same.

The saying goes that it takes less muscles to smile than it does to frown.  If we could all just smile a little more, and help others to feel better then in turn we will feel better.

We are all here to love one another.  We must begin to be there for each other again. It has become a lost art.  So begin today, one small step at a time.  Reach out, help someone up, and you will see that the what ifs become something completely different.  Have a great day.