as I last wrote I was on my way to my hawaii…a place I consider my spiritual home…for a wedding and a memorial,  beginning and an end.   both affairs of the heart, one opening the heart to love, commiting to love, the other love ending letting go of a love, closing one door and opening another.  Both are love affairs.  part of the cycle of love all begin and end.   as I sat on the beach watching the tide ebb and flow, I thought about how life goes in these cycles in an out…we don’t always have a choice about what comes in and out of our life, we do have a choice about being open to the flow of life…We can choose to open to love and choose to let go of what no longer serves us.  If we are open to the flow it can be a joy just as watching the waves, or body surfing and riding the waves.  If we resist we can end up like a boat broken and battered by the waves.    

Go with the flow and ride the waves of love in your life. 

Remember that every beginning is an end, every end a new beginning.

As my friends embarked on their new journey together with vows of commitment, they were also saying farewell and letting go of what was before. 

 As the ashes were scattered into the ocean, and loved ones were poignantly bid farewell, a new fresh start was also being ushered in. 

 In both cases, dwelling on what was, be it old patterns, wounds, or loving memories,   can keep one from seeing the beatiful new path ahead,  holding on to and staring at flowers that once bloomed so beautifully….don’t miss the present…that fleeting moment that is done as you read these words, wake up! and catch the sun rise. 

Every day you have an opportunity to witness and be present.  Every morning the sun rises magnificent whether you watch it or not.  It is a new day everyday,  a beautiful sunrise given to us every morning as it arrives, and a equally stunning sunset as it leaves, given to us over and over, everyday.  

An incredible mini cycle for us to observe and to understand that beginnings and endings are both beautiful, and that love has shone, will shine today, and will again and again, tomorrow, and the day after…etc

love

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