Life is Grand don't forget it and don't let it slip away

Glorious Sun and warmth, every bare branch now sprouting green on every plant visible. Life returns burrowing out from under the earth which not too long ago was encased in a white coffin of cold. With this blossoming of life the Soul begins to bounce back and rejoice in life's splendor. The days grow longer, one gets up earlier. Tasks now revolve around being able to go out and enjoy the time outdoors as opposed to seeking the shelter and warmth of home. I have swept out the porch and hung plants and filled the bird feeders. Life is grand. I feel as if this is my first Spring and I am reawakening from a long hibernation. My life has changed so much since February 25, 2015 that I feel as if I am a new person, in many ways reborn. Despite being very anti organized religion I relish in God's creation. I think we should all look inwardly to the divinity we are all a part of and which is all around us. Why do you need to go to a church and hear someone tell you what they think is right and what you should do or how you should behave when you are part of the divine web of life and you already know right from wrong. It is our freedom to choose right from wrong in which our divinity lies. We forget that as individuals we have power and choices and I urge you to review your choice before making it. Try not to think of how it will impact just you but how it will ripple throughout the world. Unfortunately it is the selfish acts of the Ego that keep us from working and living as a whole. Be one with yourself and comfortable with who and what you are and if you are not, then make it so! Do whatever it is you need to do. Talk to yourself, ask yourself why something bothers you, befriend yourself, be kind to yourself. You can't be a good person to others until you are a good person to yourself. We all have our demons, our fears, our hesitations and yet we are the only ones capable of vanquishing those very same demons, fears and hesitations. No one can do it for you, you have to do it for yourself and that is the key. Motivation...it has to be for your own growth and gain not for someone else. Unfortunately, we have become too focused on ourselves and what benefits us, the ME generation won. The only problem is that there are to many MEs out there not thinking of or for others and it becomes a small unpleasant world as a result of it. Try, just try at least once a day to think or do something positive for someone else, someone or a group you do not know. For the Homeless, the Elderly, the Handicapped, the Victims of Domestic Violence use your compassion to try to see things from their perspective and act accordingly. We have all been hurt and traumatized in life, so why not use that to help others rather than to traumatize and hurt others? Give a Dollar, give all the change in your pocket, give a smile, a laugh a nod "hello". Sometimes that is all anyone ever needs. Be honest, but most of all be true to yourself. Look into the mirror and ask yourself, am I being honest with myself, with my loved ones, with others? Life moves at the speed of light now a days and it only is going to move quicker not get slower, so slow yourself down. My life has been a roller coaster ride since birth and there have been many times I wished I could get off but I am still here. Happiness is a form of courage.