How important do you feel it may be to your (and my) overall health and well being, to be doing what we love and loving what we do?
I can only liken it to baking a scrumptious recipe!
We could bake a flat, uninspiring, unattractive concoction, we would all happily walk past without a second glance, with no desire to stop and taste - OR - we can add a rising ingredient.
Hey, presto! As if by magic, we are now enticed by a light, attractive, nutritious, delicious, mouth watering vision of splendour. Our taste buds drooling, we can’t wait to try and see for ourselves. Imagination filling our senses.
I am including a poem I wrote for Mike some years ago when he bought his first yacht. We have enjoyed many years of adventurous sailing, both on inland waterways and offshore and fulfilled a dream Mike had harboured since childhood. What a gift.
BOYHOOD DREAMS FULFILLED
It seems to be that boyhood dreams
Of sailing boats and waves and wind,
Are laid aside throughout the teens
As other emotions take hold within.
To be rekindled with passion renewed
As burdens and cares of life take ease,
With endless, rolling waves in view
Keen taste of spray from open seas.
Feelings long lost in mists of time
Rise on wings and bring new sight,
Elation as visions unfold in the mind,
Hopes and plans are focused bright.
Boats are looked over with critical eye.
Too small, too large, the price not right.
Suddenly, she is there! Has all you desire,
Weeks seem to drag ‘til the day you can buy.
Disbelief gives way to feelings of joy,
Truly she is yours; the dream is fulfilled.
With sails set trim, at the tiller sits the boy,
Surging forth on the waves, face smiling to the wind.
© Elaine Delaney for Hubby, Mike!
Mike has once again purchased a small yacht. This is miraculous in so many ways. Mike underwent open heart quadruple by-pass surgery in mid December 2019 and purchased his little boat just before that major surgery.
With no guarantees he would ever be given the opportunity to live that dream, it gave him a goal to focus upon and determination to once again be sailing the seven seas, as they say.
I love life- here and now.
I love that hubby and myself, after 55 years of married life, are blessed to live in a place and space, to each do what we love and love what we do.
It doesn’t matter what it is that any of us, love doing. What matters is that it matters to us, and we choose to do it as often as we can, with joy and overflowing gratefulness.
The wonder remains. To watch Mike loving what he is doing and doing what he loves - and the same for myself with my beautiful HTH herd - AND seeing other people living their dream, is a gift and a blessing, to every area of LIFE.
What do YOU love doing? What lights you up when you think about it?
I encourage you to do more of that, whenever and wherever possible.
Notice how it makes you feel; physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
What lights you up? What makes you feel alive? Go and do more of that.
“What the world needs is more people who have come alive!”
This will prove a blessing, not only to YOU, but to everyone and everything around you. God and the Universe will rejoice with you and be glad and you will thrive and prosper within.