Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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It's Ding Dong Time

Joel Kurth gives his father, Thomas, a hug the night before the kidney transplant surgery.

When someone close to you becomes ill and indeed may have their life threatened, or has an accident....or maybe it happens to us, it can serves to show how fragile we are. We may run the business, manage the family affairs, organise the country or the world in one way or another and we send people to outer space, but it's so easy to forget how delicate we are, how temporary is our own existence, how short our own life is. And when we go, we only leave a few possessions that cannot be taken with us. A few people may remember us.

I have a friend who has had an accident and is lucky to be alive. Many of us will also know someone who is very unwell, infirm, aged or had an unfortunate life experience. My own wake-up call, hearing of my friend's condition serves to remind me how temporary and fragile my own life is. Clearly we don't know how long we will live....fifty more years? Maybe it will be twenty, or only ten more years. Maybe it will be only one more year. Who knows.

Now, without getting all depressed and upset about such thoughts, I remind myself that the life I have is the only one I've got, so it's a good idea to make the most of it. There is one thing I don't want to happen when my time-up is apparently close, to think that I should or could have done something special, or that's important to me. We don't want to miss the boat or have any regrets.

So with a kick on the backside and thinking of my friend whose life is threatened to be cut short, I think of my own life and what am I not doing but actually want to do, to share with others, to experience, create, enjoy, love or give to others? It is easy to think I'll bother about that another day, next week or next year, I'm busy and don't have time to consider such things right now. It's easy to ignore it.

But then, we may just wonder what we could or should do. There are plenty of books on the market for inspiration....
'Unforgetable Things To Do Before You Die'
'101 Things To Do Before You Die'
'Unforgettable Places To See Before You Die'
And then there's the 'Fun Things' book, the '1001 Places book' and all the other books out there to list all the things we must consider for inclusion in our lifetime.

But for me, I don't need a list. And you don't really need one either. You've got the answers right there in your heart. You 'know' already what burns you with desire and gives you a little bubble of excitement every time you think of it. You'll not find that in a book. It's inside awaiting your own conscious acknowledgement. This is what you can do for yourself. And with this realisation you can .........you should just go and do it. Yes, have consideration for others, don't break the law or cause harm. But we are responsible for our own lives....and our life is the only one we've got. For me, it's Ding Dong Time. Wake-up time. Even if it is to decide that what we are currently doing is exactly what we want in our life...and I may just come to that conclusion myself, with my Alexander work, photography and violin playing, I truly have a great time. But it is never wrong to consider one's options.

Hmm, there's lots to think about. Life can be such a Hell of a Trip. It can be just Fantastic. It is Fantastic! I'm going to appreciate what I've got already though. Having good or reasonable health is so easily taken for granted. Gratitude for what we have already brings contentment. Being grateful for all our blessings goes a long way. But if there's any little gem of an idea that's not being fulfilled, now's the time to consider making it happen.

Enjoy the Trip.

:-)

Posted by Noël on March 9, 2007 8:23 AM | Permalink