The other day out of the blue, a lyric and music from this band Iona popped into my head. I wasn’t thinking of it, or thinking of anything that would remind me of it. My brain just decided “hey now is a good time to remember this.” When I remembered it I felt good. Maybe that was the point.
The gifts that keep giving are not material things. They are experiences, love, and cultural things that become part of who we are. I mentioned this album as one of the albums that I love. Now I don’t often listen to them, but when I do they are always so moving and meaningful to me.
I think too often we chase material things that don’t bring us happiness. I know I made this mistake in the past. I thought that certain things might make me happy and they didn’t. They just stressed me out paying for them, insuring them and being responsible for them. I am glad I no longer have those things.
Still everything that I have invested in who I am: my education, culture and experiences has opened new ideas and perspectives. I think the most noble thing you can do in life is to question your perspective and honestly look at things without the lens of needing to defend who you believe you are now. I do this each day because as I learn to let go of beliefs, I find happiness/peace becoming stronger in my life.
Life is both a process of holding onto the truth, and letting go of the lies.