Transition II
Part of my transition included a book I had read earlier this year called, “How Would Love Respond?” by Kurek Ashley. I had the book for a couple of months and got so busy toward the end of the year that I hadn’t taken the time to intentionally pick it up. The journey of life has a lot of unknowns, and the messages in this book couldn’t have come at a better time for me. Now that I have read it, I realised that it wasn’t “too late” it was actually perfect timing. My mind and heart were more ready to absorb what was in the book whereas months before, I might have missed a few things. I believe in reading books more than once, especially ones that have impact. I regularly skip through it now and see what messages may apply at the given time.
I’d like to share some points of this with you and encourage you to read this and see how it applies or can apply to your own life. Part of overall wellness includes a balance of information stimulating the brain cells.
One of the first pages of the book before it starts reads, “Your mind is like a parachute. It works much better when it’s open!” – How true this statement is, and that is where we can change our life so much. Things like social, family or religious conditioning can cause our minds to not be “free”. The first step in creating change is awareness. Awareness is the key. From here, we can make changes in our lives. There are several examples of his personal journey, and the fact of the matter is, “we all have a story.” We got here today by the life experiences we have had thus far. There are no accidents. We have choices on which perception to believe – choosing to look at it from a positive view or a negative view. We have that power to choose, whether you believe this or not. By learning how to access this power, there are ways to open the mind and keep it open. Keeping it open is even more important, because old patterns and old behaviours can creep up and get in the way.
“Life Doesn’t Turn Out The Way It Should” – Kurek Ashley shares his amazing story in detail of his life-changing experience. We have them in different times, different forms, different places with different people – SEE’s (Significant Emotional Events) that literally change your life. I’ll leave Kurek’s personal story described in Chapter 1 for the reading in the book – don’t want to spoil any of the details, but the messages and summary is this:
“Trust in the fact that there are no accidents and that there is something in this book that you’re searching for in your life. And even if you don’t yet know what it is you’re searching for or maybe you didn’t even know that you are searching, have faith that it will be revealed to you, and that’s why you chose this book.”
Usually, circumstances and events don’t appear or reveal themselves for what they truly are until later. Knowing what questions and thoughts to form around those events can make the biggest difference in the evolution of your life. That has always been the case with me. Trusting the process of life is a very big challenge for us all. The points in this book set the stage for the beginning of the last 6 months of my transition.
Too true, thanks Pam!
My pleasure Pearl…