Just fall in love with as many things as possible....

I have decided to use this blog not only to share my raw food information, but to share on of my true passions - writing.... Writing about this, writing about that, sharing what is in my heart.  Here we go...

"Don’t be afraid to fall in love. It’s the only thing that matters in life. Just fall in love with as many things as possible"

I met a man once who told me that he loved falling in love. I though that this was the silliest statement that I had every heard! Not because I do not myself revel in and weave myself into falling in love with men and women, but because there is SO much to fall in love with. He, I realized had such a narrow view of falling in love that the thought of limiting yourself to falling in love with another human being seemed, well silly. Yes, we as human beings seem to be fixated on falling in love with each other. We are by nature meant to have a partner and be part of a social group. But as we detach ourselves from this, as we take a step back, we see that there is SO much to fall in love with.

I do not limit myself to falling in love, I rather enjoy loving. Not 'falling' in love but Loving. Loving the sparkle in a strangers eyes when you smile just to smile. Loving the way my daughter runs into my bed every morning and is full of the possibilities of her day Loving the way my soul feels when I finish my Yoga practice. But I told myself I wouldn't make a list...

Falling in love with as many things as possible. When I read this, it brings tears to my eyes. I have so much to love each day that my eyes have no choice but to well up.

Yet we run, we fear, we close of this precious area of the body that lets us fall in love. Our heart. Our heart is the reason that we are alive. Some silly scientists believe that it is our brain that keeps us alive. It is the pulsation of our heart, the rhythm bathes us in prana and the connection to our source. Our mind tells us this and that, lets us think that it can keep us whole, that it can give us the satisfaction, that it can make the decisions.... And indeed our mind has a lot to do with our existence, but it is our HEART that gives this existence rich substance.

How many decisions have you made with only your mind. When the heart begins to surface, when the heart offers it's wise intuitive input how often have your pushed the input back down. How many times have you let your mind intellectualize matters of the heart?

To organically grow any situation you must listen to the heart. Sit. Meditate. Do your Yoga. Do your Practice, whatever it may be. Let your heart well up, embrace it, love it, dance with it... FALL IN LOVE WITH YOUR HEART'S DESIRES. Listen closely. Listen with curiosity to your heart and then follow it. Follow it with the curiosity of a small child chasing the fluttering butterfly through the sunlit field. We have all been there, following with absolute wonder the butterfly. When did we stop following the butterflies? When did we think that this was a 'waste of our time'? Follow your heart, sit with it, let the butterfly come to you.

I can't resist a bit of a list... falling in love with:
my endless creativity
the way I pick myself up
my daughter
my beautiful, strong girlfriends (you know who you are, you always inspire me)
my practice
Yoga
surprises
smiles
conversations with strangers
water
music

Ok, this could go on and on... what will you fall in love with today?

~ Ash ~

"Don’t be afraid to fall in love. It’s the only thing that matters in life. Just fall in love with as many things as possible"