It’s late evening and I just wrote an email to a friend in Thailand. He’s an American, married to a Thai woman, and liking his life in a country that’s now home to him. I know a few people who are living abroad, and every so often I wonder what it takes to put away one lifestyle for another. It seems that more than ever people arrive in and move out of the United States. Maybe not, maybe it’s always been this way, here and in many other countries.
In my fantasy world I see life lived without borders. Yes, I know, this will rile some; however, if things had taken a different turn way back when, what would the world be like now? When the day allows your mind to travel away from ordinary life, and takes you to different places, where do you go – if only for a few minutes? Taking a break in mind, and shaking up your world on the inside, puts the mind on another track, the mind can then eventually go beyond ordinary thoughts and into other compartments of life.
I was watching a video sent by a friend, and on this video someone who was in the movie, THE SECRET, spoke of how blessed he is. It was an interesting interview to say the least. There are two things I clearly remember about the conversation: what he said about gratitude and what he said about the world. About gratitude he said that before getting out of bed every morning, he thinks of five things he has to be grateful for in his life. He won’t get up until he does. And about the world he said that he and his family live on a ship, along with a number of other families. The ship goes around the world, and he considers the world his home. In my fantasy world, we all consider the world home.
It’s time to put on the Qi Gong Fire & Water dvd with Matthew Cohen, – to breathe, move, practice stillness, meditation, and appreciation.
Sweet dreams.