18 February 2021 — LIFE’S RICH PATTERN

Today so far has been a day of unexpected things happening- some the rational ego mind sees as ‘good’ and others it would have preferred NOT TO have happened. The phrase ‘It’s all a part of life’s rich pattern’ came into my mind.

The philosophy behind this phrase is one which I feel is very helpful to keep in mind. Too often we wish things to go our way only to be disappointed, upset and perhaps even angry when they do not.

AND then we often use it as a reason to worry that things aren’t going our way and perhaps disastrous occurrences may be on the way. Another phrase is ‘Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so’. This, of course, refers to the fact that we all of us do create our own reality through our thoughts and our expectations.

WHY is it that we expect things to go the way that we wish. It is, of course, a very positive thing to have dreams and wishes — another saying from a song from the film South Pacific is ‘You gotta have a dream, If you don’t have a dream, |How you gonna have a dream come true’. But, of course, on some deep life or karmic level NOT all of our dreams are meant to come true and when they do not, then we need to remember that ALL that happens is a part of ‘Life’s Rich Pattern’ and to welcome it.