The last day of the year is a good time to look back and make some small summary
For us it was a good year: many positive events happened and we improved in many aspects. Among others we started this blog. We are happy making this small contribution bringing a bit positiveness into the world. We enjoy every new reader and we hope we can bring some positive emotions and maybe even trigger a change in your life.
We would like to know what aspects of your life were satisfying and enjoyable for you in 2010. If you want to share this information please use the poll below. In the pool we used example fields from the life grid proposed by Susan Jefferson. For your own benefit and enjoyment we encourage you to make a scoreboard for 2010 and your vision grid for 2011.
We had no running water in our bathroom for over 6 weeks. And it was a hard time, but also a great remainder to appreciate simple things that one usually does not notice. Life is much more fulfilling when you can enjoy every simple thing and action, when you do not take things and other people for granted. The first day, after the bathroom was ready, I took shower three times and I enjoyed it extremely.
It would be great to keep this attitude and extend it to all activities, to focus on and enjoy of what we have! Find items you could add to your gratitude list and enjoy each day full of them.
Birth and death are intertwined into the eternal plait of life. In the Christian world birth is white and happy, whereas death is black and sad. This is only one point of view imposed by a certain tradition and belief system. In Bali, for example, a cremation is not a gloomy ceremony. It is a chance for the soul to be reborn, therefore it is a positive event.
Even if one does not believe in reincarnation, hearing death knocking on the next door may wake us up to life. Wake up the gratitude for every moment of our life and every moment we share with people we love. Wake up to our meaning and purpose of life. Thus, we can also look at the bright side of death.