The twin flowers in hues of red in our garden today morning, caught my attention!
It reminded me of the differences between the year 2025 and 2026!
The ageing flower on the left on the screen and the more recent flower on the right are in two hues of red, representing their biography.
No two year can be same. The memories of 2025 and the expectations of 2026 are two different experiences.
One tendency is to view 2026 through the optic of harsh experiences of 2025. It is this that can freeze us in the past.
The year ahead can bring to our lives experiences different from what we have been through!
The readiness to turn 2026 to our advantage is within our domain. What is this readiness about!
With the day temperature soaring, the garden needs watering. Our domestic helper was engaged in creating channels for water to flow to every corner of the garden. When he pumped water this morning, it was a delight to see water flowing easily and copiously! The ground needed to be made ready to receive water!
The inner self of our life is the ground of our being. It is when we ready the inner self, the experience of wellness can flow into our lives.
The inner self can be clouded by disappointment, grief, loss, anger, reaction or impaired hope. These memories are obstacles for wellness to abide within us. It is by acknowledging what really hurts or stalls us we can find the path beyond. It is a step by step movement from the entrapped memories towards finding a path of hope and prospects.
I realise that such a movement to arrive at a level of comfort begins with forgiving oneself and others. It is an exercise of turning to the next page of our biography, rather than staying in the same page which recorded hurts and disappointments. Why turn the page! Each breath we take oxygenates us. Every new step brings refreshing touch to our inner life. That itself is the reason to leave the hang overs of the past behind to welcome the new enlightening experiences!
The colour of the flower on the right of the screen, which is a recent flower, carries a warm appeal!
Let 2026 bring to us such as warm appeal !
The night was noisy as the village flooded with loud music and sounds of fire crackers well past mid night! The first feeling that I was conscious of, when I got up, was an overwhelming feeling of delight to be at the threshold of year 2026 !
The year 2026 invites us, to turn it into a year of advantage for ourselves and others!
M.C.Mathew (text and photo)
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