Friday 16 May 2014

All's Well?

Claudette Esterine
How are you today?

Well? Just going through the motions?

Really do hope your response is "Well and getting better." Life is a wonder-filled experience, full of bumps in the road, corners to navigate and pedestrians that cross our paths at the worst times.

Life is just as much about the joy of getting over one bump and being prepared to clear the hurdle ahead. The people that come into your experience are really there to 'teach' and aid you with your "run."

The deliciousness of life is really these contrasts as my teachers describe them. Hackeyned sayings such as "you cannot know light without darkness," are really the wisdom statements for the journey.

A now deceased father-in-law (of sorts) got me tuned into that question and response. Studying the works of Saint Theresa of Avila made me a convert to asking, "All's Well?" 

"Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life, which is short and has to be lived by you alone; and there is only one Glory, which is eternal. If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing." Teresa of Avila

Next time someone asks you how are you, knowing what you know - that this one life is all you have and it is just a ride to be savoured, respond, "I am well indeed!"

Have an awe-filled day! Namaste

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Claudette is a Jamaican-Canadian. She is the Founder of DOS Foundation and Editor of this blog. Claudette is also a Communications professional, a trained Chaplain and an Independent Distributor of Nature's Pearl. She currently lives in Edmonton, Alberta.



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