Yesterday,
Today and Tomorrow
Spring
is the most exciting time of year for me, watching the world come to life is
truly inspiring and for me, this year, it carries so much relevance to life in
general, if we look closely enough that is. In my opinion, this ‘happy’ season brings
renewal and inspires new hope.Suddenly the world looks brighter, happier and
friendlier as you notice many smiling faces and the sweet aroma in the air is
almost intoxicating. Spring symbolizes new
beginnings and the ending of old things. From the bland browns, grey's and gold colours
of winter to the many shades of luscious greens dotted with a flamboyant array
of colour as flowers start to bloom.
What’s not to love about this season? As Iris, a dear friend of my Nana
once said, “Spring reminds me of romanticism, evoking thoughts of hand written love
letters between forbidden lovers, left under the blooming Yesterday, Today and
Tomorrow bush in secrecy for the other to find”.
Being
the season of renewal, I came to the realization that one of the best services
to the world is the service of looking after yourself. If you cannot love yourself and recognize your own self-worth, you are more of a burden to the world than a pleasure. How can someone love and
respect you if you, yourself don’t deem yourself worthy enough? Changing this mind-set is not always the
easiest thing to accomplish, remembering the change is always a challenge but
also not forgetting that it is the opportunity for growth and self-awakening. Your density is in your hands, the job is
yours to achieve and complete, the responsibility is yours alone. If you can’t make you happy, how can
anyone/thing else accomplish that? If you are constantly faced with the
negativity in every situation, it is more than likely that you have chosen to
feel this way. Once you decide and
commit to something and once your mind is consumed with certain thoughts, you
eventually portray what you are thinking to the world. Remember, misery loves company and the image
you portray is what you eventually attract to yourself. Depending on another to ‘make you happy’, is
not only your lack to take responsibility for your own happiness and life but
also a huge and unfair responsibility you are placing on another person.
I see it like, if you pick flowers from your
neighbours garden instead of yours, you are taking what does not belong to
you. Why don’t you plant and tend to
your own flowers? If you ride on someone
else’s ‘coat tails’ as they reach for success, then it is their success, not
yours, you still need to work for your own.
Yes we all want to feel loved, appreciated, wanted and welcome, however,
forcing your way into a certain place or situation or even relationship, is not
a recipe for success but rather disaster. Building your happiness on somebody
else’s demise or pain will also get you absolutely nothing but an open door for
the same thing to happen to you eventually (remember our friend Karma?).
The
moral of the story is this, your life is your story. Your life is your responsibility. Plant and tend to your own flowers, don’t
take what does not belong to you.
Thinking of the Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow bush again, yesterday it
was planted, today it is in full bloom and tomorrow winter comes and it will
wither and die, making place for the new buds to be welcoming-'ly' appreciated in
the new season.
Stop, observe, listen and take in the beauty
of spring. Take a moment to smell the
fragrance of renewal in the air and choose to be, not only a pleasure, but also
of service to the world. The grass may
appear greener on the other side of the fence and maybe it is, but the other side
of the fence is not your garden, not your grass. Work at making the grass on your side of the
fence greener as your side is your responsibility. Don’t try to take somebody else’s grass as
you may end up being sorely disappointed in the end with no sense of
accomplishment of your own. So put on
that sexy new bikini you've been waiting all winter to flaunt and get busy in
your own garden, watering your own grass and tending your own flowers.
Glitter
greetings (and all things shiny)
Bohemian
B
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