What we leave behind

When the day comes that we take our last breath in this very body, there will most likely not be the time to take a proper inventory of the life we have led, or to say goodbye to everything and every being that we have been touched by.
That is why it’s so important to do these things while we still have time. On a regular basis. While our job here isn’t done yet. Check in with yourself when you can, see what you have done and what you haven’t. Look at it. Observe it. Don’t judge it.

Don’t take too much pride in the things that you have achieved, and don’t beat yourself up about the things you couldn’t do.

What count’s is that you are aware of them. Know that the things you didn’t manage or you think you failed on, are the experiences you most likely learned the biggest lesson from. And that’s why we are here. To learn and to grow. So try and be grateful for every single experience this life offered you.

So when the day comes when you take your last breath, you can be calm and you don’t have to worry about the things that aren’t done yet. Know that you tried.

If you can live your life being grateful for something everyday and taking an inventory of the things that you have done already, you can stop to focus on the feeling of missing out or failing. You are not failing anyone but your own judgement. You are the only measurement of what you are here to achieve.

Bring gratitude into your daily life. For little things. Anything. Even if you can start by being grateful for waking up in the morning. That’s a biggie already there.

And then you reach to the end of your life, knowing that you did what you could.

If on the day you take your last breath, you can manage to do that with a “thank you” on your lips or in your heart. That is what you will leave behind on this planet. That will be the vibration that you leave with all the people you cared for. And who cared for you. Don’t leave on bad terms with your life. The last thought you are thinking is the summary of your life. Make it a loving one.

And if you get to the point of understanding this, you will see that it makes no sense to carry harmful or bad feelings around with you. Because every thought you generate might be the last one. Every word you speak may be your last message to the world. So choose carefully. And soon you will see that it gets easier and these negative patterns suddenly might not make sense to you anymore. Suddenly you may wake up knowing a list of things to be grateful for. You might discover that what made you angry before, now doesn’t touch you anymore. Because you understand that you only got angry because you didn’t meet your own expectations. And if you do feel angry, meet that emotion with kindness. It’s part of you in that moment. Maybe today you weren’t quite there yet. That’s OK. Maybe tomorrow you will be. And then you can be grateful for that.

It’s so simple, really. No magic. Just start with one thing a day. One genuine, grateful thought.

Sina Huehne13. Juni 2017mindfulness, gratitude, self help, breatheKommentieren