Simple Truths.

He who thinks too much, ages fast.

He who worries not and gets enough sleep, ages slow.

Don't think more than what is in front of you.

Live one day at a time, and always strive to be happy.

There's nothing really to it.

Don't take life too seriously. There's nothing really to it but to just be happy. Stop worrying about the future and the unnecessary things that weigh you down. Laugh, swim, eat, work, play, sleep, love. These are the bare minimums, and you don't need to do anything more than what you want to do.

Live where you want, live where you can. Do not worry about the days ahead. If you follow your heart and soul, you will find Home, you will find your rightful place on Earth.

Don't aim for perfection or constant control over results and expectations. Let the natural course of things have their way, as there is a time for everything. Let go, and let the Universe unfold before your very eyes. Great power is only experienced when it is released.

There is indeed power in letting go.

The gushing river will take you from where you once held onto for the longest time, into places you've never seen, people you've never met, experiences you've never had. You are an explorer in this vast universe.

So go live a life of peace and clarity. Laugh at the world and its follies.

There's nothing really to it.

Nostalgia

A good old friend from a decade or so ago contacts me on one of those mobile apps and I suddenly felt nostalgic. I have stayed with his family in Germany in the 1990's and have gotten to know his wife and kids, parents, neighbors, and other siblings and their kids too. Hannah and Jonathan, his brother's children, were like 5 and 7 years old that time, and I still remember speaking academic Deutsch to them as they replied back in a southern German dialect. My friend tells me that they are both adults now, and that they asked of me just recently.

A flush of warm blood from heart to my soul..

Good people and great relationships do remain at the core of our being, and they come alive via a phone call, an encounter on the streets, a Facebook message, or any form of reconnection. One remembers the laughter, the smiles, and the emotions that were experienced in those great moments in time: it is a pure form of wellness and medicine to body, mind and spirit. It feels good to re-member good friends. It feels like home, and I always want to come back and revisit.

As I approach the age of 40 in a month, I realize that this is what I want to invest into- great loving relationships with good warm hearted people. It is something that will never be taken away from us, it will sustain us from now into old age, into death, into forevermore. Everything passes by, our physical bodies expire, but our hearts and souls will always keep the happy experiences we have had while we were still alive.

What are you living for? What do you hope to achieve and gain from this temporary, passing, and limited existence?

I am grateful to realize that Life doesn't really have any expectations of us, save the pursuit of happiness and living and loving ourselves for who we really are. The rat race to fame and fortune is optional. It is ruthless, pressure-filled, potentially rewarded with lots of money, BUT EMPTY AND LONELY. It's simply the guinea pig inside a cage running around chasing after nothing.

I can't help but smile and feel great as I remember all my good memories with good people in the last four decades of my life. All I know for sure is that I want to fill the next four decades with more quality and loving relationships, endless laughter, and the strong bond of human connection with people that were destined to be called my True Friends.

My memory of Hannah as a child was that of a shy but very sweet girl, and Jonathan as a cheerful and friendly boy. It still feels that way after hearing them remember me from my conversation online with their Uncle.

I should go visit those great people down South Germany.

Chillax

Just saw the movie gravity, and it is quite amazing how far film making has gone in the last 2 decades. It was so realistic, it didn't feel like somebody was behind the camera and filming it. The sights and the silence in the outer strata of Earth is simply magnificent and breathtaking.

It must be heavenly to work out there in space, to have very minimal human contact, to not be subject to the rules of the land and pop culture - nothing to hold anything, no air pressure, just pure bliss and a priceless view of the galaxy. One can just float and spacewalk forever, and let go of anything since weight doesn't really matter. There is no extra baggage to carry.

And yet everything is held in perfect order and choreographed masterfully.

I am fascinated by the thought that out there the supernatural order and nature of things are intact, and are still in their natural state since creation. Consequently on planet Earth, things evolve almost twice a year. Who discovered that green tea leaves can be harvested and made into a healthy cup of wellness? Who found the first carrot underneath the soil? Who discovered fire? How did the first man and woman know what to eat or do the first time they felt Hunger or Boredom? Sex was probably the most natural instinct, but how did we end up with the food we eat and drink, the clothes we wear, the houses we live in, and the phones we co-depend on? How is it that outside the atmosphere the Universe is as is, while inland we are jumping from one phone to the next like most relationships, building more pollution, waste, technology, and DRAMA?

We experience so many things these days, but none of that compares to the experience of space and being one with the Universe. Perhaps we are forgetting that this Life is an eternal process, and that though our bodies and minds may expire, Life continues in the universal spectrum of things. And we are a part of it.

I will close my eyes and picture my house without gravity, where everything will just float around and not hold still. I am as free as everything that I own and have around me is, and I can space walk from one place to another. It is quite a liberating vision and experience! This is the adventure and the adrenaline rush we all try to achieve in our lives. This is the emptiness and the void that creates the hunger and depression deep inside our souls. We are afraid to let the Universe take care of us, and trust that things will be all right, all ways.

Let all go. Let all be. Everyday today till eternity.

A clean slate

When you are left with nothing but yourself, you will do everything to survive, and be the best you can be. Right now, I feel like I have so many things around me that are not necessarily making me happy anymore. I'm surrounded by the comforts of life yet I am still unfulfilled and discontent.

I have always wanted to drift away to where nobody knows me, where I can just find myself and not be judged by what I do and what I have. I want to build me, and create extensions of that self in the most pure and genuine way I know. I am restless. I don't want to lose my mind over this.

I need to follow my heart. I need a clean blank slate of canvass to draw my master lifeplan.