Why am I writing about the difference between life and living?
​Everyone knows this… but are you actually aware of this difference? I am focusing on this aspect because it is the key to living from awareness. 
LIVING

  •  Is an ongoing action, dynamic, a verb, a doing, a BE-ing. I am living in Tokyo, or, I am living my life as a mother…..
  • A constant choosing in moments, minutes, hours and days!
  • It is made up of actions and an awareness of how we are responding with our inner selves and minds.
  • We often live more connected to our external experiences, and lesser to our inner selves.
LIFE
  • Is a noun. There is life on planet Earth. Do you catch yourself reflecting : “I have a good life!” or “Wow, that was a tough part of my life!”

A Life involves living it and living involves life!

 

  •     We choose the many actions, even if they are routine, in every day of our life!
  •    Nothing gets done if we don’t CHOOSE to do it.

Are you aware of how much you choose everyday, without realising this?

“Our parents bring us into the world, but in the end, we are responsible for what we become.” Kahlil Gibran

“Being aware of Choosing” is an awesome awareness of both life and living!

How Often Are You Choosing?

If I ask you to throw a number at me of how many times you chose in a day, you’ll laugh off the question as inane, ridiculous! Fact is, you’re not even realising that these choices shape up your mood, what you do, how you do it, relationships, health…. everything that you’re doing, your entire life… because it is routine.

“We couldn’t help getting angry when we were hurt; we had no choice in the matter. We can, however, make a decision about whether we’ll allow that anger to turn into rage.” Brian Jones

Choices were, are and will always be the energy that shapes up your life!

Everything we do in our life is because of a thought and a thought is energy. You can read and think, “Right! I’ve read it, but I can’t change my nature, that is beyond me, or ya right, it was my choice to go through hell in (the experience)… or sure! I chose to go in for a relationship that would end so tragically!

As we go through life, we face adversity, grief and trauma or loss and the good things marriage, children, work, success and celebrations…

What would it be like if we owned up to everything we go through, the good and the bad as something we chose.

Would it give us lesser power over our life or more?