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What will be on your tombstone? Since we’re getting close to Halloween I thought it was a fitting title. It’s not all fun and games, but Halloween is sure fun.

Many self-help books actually use that question to get you thinking about your life. My tombstone would read: Maria Greene was an inspiration. I can aspire to inspire, if not teach people. I think the only teaching that sticks is the one that people actually want, so I won’t claim teaching as something I’m known for.

But I can inspire people to take a look and maybe stop and think for a few moments of what they stand for. How many ever stop to take a look, though? Those that do know there is more to life.

In a previous post I wrote about painting in the moment like children do. They make a mess and then they move on to something else, and they don’t care about the so-called quality of their work. What they did in the moment is enough. Same goes for animals. My cat lives totally in the moment all the time and all his reactions come from either love or fear. He’s a total love bug but there are many things that frighten him. However, he embraces those conditions fully.

Take a human. We very seldom really merge with the moment of now to be observant or feel what that moment has to offer. We rush from one thing to the next, but what significance does that kind of action hold? How important are the things we are doing? Do they matter in the long run? Don’t you ever wish you’d had a deeper experience with someone or something in life? I often hear people voice regrets that they didn’t have more time with someone before they passed. That was a choice. Something else was more important.

So, I guess my offer of inspiration today is this: What is important to you and how much do you acknowledge that? Life is fleeting and if we don’t pursue the people and things that are important, what value does life have? What moments did we lose because we weren’t present?

I often stand in front of that idea and realize that everything I do in this life is not that important. It’s not very satisfying. Most things leave me with the impression that this wasn’t “it.” Absorbing and fully living in the moment IS because that’s where everything happens.

To add value to life, de-clutter and remove useless habits, items, mindsets, and jobs in life so that you can say at the end that you really got something out of life. You chose from the things because you loved them, not because of some habit or some trend. Choose love and you’ll be an all around better person for it. Become one with the positive and blend into the real flow of life, finding magic in each moment. Spread goodness!

It’s the easiest yet the hardest thing to do, but heck it’s the only truly valuable and ultimately satisfying thing to do! (with practice.) Forthwith, I hope to inspire you to take a look at that and live lightly like a child, moving fearlessly from one thing to another with confidence.

Love everything you do and become one less problem in the world…

Along with you, I aspire to stay in the moment and truly experience life. Beyond all the desires and needs lives peace!

A worthy cause for sure!

Maria

P.S. I offer a few different e-courses on my other website. Free or affordable. Take a look HERE!

Never say die, said the little palm tree my neighbor carted home the other day. She picked up a bunch of free plants and one of them was a small palm tree that grew in an ugly little container.

I wanted the palm tree, and we decided to plant it on the property line. Someone had planted it in a cut off water drinking bottle, left it there until it was choked with roots, and then set it on top of the soil in the tiny planter. When we got it, it was so choked in the bottle I had a really hard time cutting open the plastic. I got a slit cut and then I had to use a pair of pliers to “roll” the plastic away from the roots.

Then came the effort of pulling it out of the pot. It had somehow busted through the bottom of the plastic and sent roots into the pot. I had to use all of my strength to pull it out (not kidding!) The roots had been curled around the bottom, all thirty-six inches of them. They were hanging on for dear life. It took me another fifteen minutes to release the roots from the rest of the plastic.

I wonder if it would have busted through the plastic in the end. It had been trying real hard.

This is a puny palm with two leaves. To get it to stand straight in the ground I had to plant the root ball sideways since it had been growing sideways out of the plastic.

The point of the story? Never say die, no matter how difficult and constricted your situation may be. Nature is a great example of resilience and purpose. There is always that dandelion growing in the crack of the concrete sidewalk. Where there is a path to light and rain, some greenery will always sprout. People thrive when they pursue their heart’s desire. What is YOUR heart’s desire?

I was amazed when I planted that palm It has been a week, and it already has a new leaf coming up.

I have a feeling this palm tree will do great from now on.

Are you going to bust through your plastic bottle constraint? I hope so; there’s a whole world out there to explore.

Maria

P.S. If you want some art inspiration, check out my e-courses at http://ecourses-mariagreene.org Try something new today. 🙂

…because life is happening NOW!

Artist and writer

Maria Greene @ Greeneearth

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What will be on your tombstone?

Never say die.

Artist and writer