A Few Deep Thoughts on Life

And this too shall pass…
Life is constantly in flux, moving, changing…flow with it…surf the waves, let them shape you but not define you…swim with the ebb and flow of experiences…
The minute you dwell on any one experience, whether good or bad, you get stuck…attachment throws you out of sync with the transitional flow of life…life is a series of moments, do not cling to any one moment just as you do not hold on to any one breath, otherwise you will miss the next breath that comes around, or the next moment. You would literally die if you lingered on one particular breath, interrupting your life flow, your chi, your energy flow, thereby hindering the next breath necessary for life to continue. Be present NOW, focus on each breath or each moment as it occurs, then let it go immediately as you mindfully welcome the next one, fresh and new, as if it were your first, your last, your only…

© Lisa Pearlman 10/15/12 (Words and Photo by Lisa Pearlman)

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Where is the Love?

If we don’t slow down or stop for a minute, love will seem to pass us by, but in reality it is we who are passing up love in our mad pursuit to do, have and accumulate “things.” Love is not a “thing” you can ever possess or stock up on for later. Love is to be felt and appreciated in the Now, in between moments, in the silent gaps between words, the quiet spaces between spontaneous thoughts. The LOVE is always there, you just need to slow down and open your heart to receive it.

© Lisa Pearlman 2012

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My So-Called Life

Live Today like it is all you have…yesterday is gone, tomorrow is only a word to denote a Today that may never come.  NOW is the moment each of us must zoom in on, to achieve total awareness, to be fully awake in the present.  If you stay in the NOW, every moment is a unique gift that you open and appreciate…if you cling tightly to any one gift, or examine it too intently, you will be holding onto the past, an empty box, while a steady stream of unique gifts pass you by, just out of reach.  ©Lisa Pearlman
(Above photo courtesy of Internet, unknown source)

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