Yesterday I wrote about how gratitude helps us to connect to our spiritual self. Making us more aware, more mindful in our day to day life. We can chose to spend our days focusing on the negative or we can chose to focus on the positive things in life. Taking the time to really see what is around us and helping us to no longer take things for granted.
When we take the time to really explore our lives, we begin to understand that it is the simple things that mean the most. Simple and yet so fulfilling. Finding the strength to pull away from this materialistic life, that so many of us have grown up in,allows us to deepen our connection with the natural world and really identify what it is we need, in order to thrive.
With everything that is happening in the world right now, I know that the most important thing for me and my girls is to be in nature. To have the space and the freedom to explore our external environment and our own internal selves. I made certain choices during my life, which has enabled me to have the life that I now lead.
A life, that is focused on living in harmony with nature. Where I can focus on learning more and deepening my earth wisdom. This has affected all areas of my life and helped me to become more in tune to my own needs and the needs of my girls.
I knew that I didn’t want my children to be educated within the educational system, instead I wanted life itself to be there school. Finding a place where they could grow up, surrounded by a creative community. A community that would encourage their sense of adventure and self learning.
I have found that where I live now and I feel blessed, that my girls will grow up knowing the importance of growing their own food, building their own shelters and being capable of doing both, all the while, being true to themselves. As they continue to nurture their inner knowing, allowing them to guide themselves through life.
So many of us, spend our lives trying to return to that way of being. Feeling a sense of disconnect or separation, as we try and navigate our lives, without the ability to tap into our greatest power. Something that we are born with, but lose the more we integrate within modern society.
I am so grateful that I am able to gave my girls the space and freedom to choose how they wish to learn, how they wish to grow, so that they can thrive in life. This does not mean that there are no boundaries put in place, on the contrary, they need to be able to understand the importance of setting their own boundaries and they do this, by observing me, set mine.
As the world, that we once knew, drifts away. We need to make some decisions about how we wish to live, so that we can create a better world for our children. Everything we do now, is for them, for their future!
During some of my darkest times, it has been my girls that have reminded me, about what life is all about. Living mindfully and expressing my love and gratitude for all that I have in life!
This is my response to the LADIES Of Hive Contest, where they asked ....
What are you most grateful for right now!
