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Thank You, The Mysterious One, for this day. Thanks for the quiet life only You know about. And myself.

Thanks for the walk in the park, thanks for those few quiet moments to relax, thanks for the song.

Thanks for learning that I am just a small piece of the world. Thanks that I’m not perfect. Thanks for the opportunity to discover new things every day.

Thank You for this simple day, yet so significant and important.

Now I am in this world. Alive. I received the gift of Life. I don’t know yet what its purpose really is, but I can learn.

I can listen, I can watch, I can smell… I can share and grow. And I can pray to that Mysterious One, without Whom I was trying to live for a while. Well, it wasn’t living, it was more like suffering.

You are back in my life again. Welcome, You, whose name I still don’t know. But I can’t live without You.

Every single breath is extremely precious. And I’ve wasted so many of them. I let myself to be mislead by things that offer short-lived pleasures. I bought into all those indulgences.

Let’s let the past that was harmful disappear and let’s focus on this moment. This breath. And the next one.

Holding the baby You gave me, I want to be that perfect mother. I want to fight again with myself and I want to win Your holiness for me. Another beginnig, another step. With You.

Thank You for the gift of today.

Because I realised He is here.

Today I stopped asking who He is because I can see He is the One who manifested Himself in Nature. And we are part of nature, even though we’re trying to deny it.

Some people speak about the law of attraction. Well, I would simply call it the law of Love.

It’s 7am.

You’re wrecked. Haven’t slept for the whole night. Hungry. No time to go down into the kitchen and get something. You badly need a shower. Besides you a huge pile of dirty nappies you need to wash…

But the little one smiles at you. Widely. And you smile back.

Well, you’re a mother. And you’re happy. I mean, really happy.

Just heard this being said as a psalm response on a mass one day – and just calmed myself down.

You don’t need to perform miracles, you don’t need to save the world – just live a blameless life and you’re laughing. Make sure all your relationships are open, and when you make a mistake, just go to the person and talk to them. Every conflict can be talked through and discussed.

We are all humans, all make mistakes, all have our egos, we all have our own desires – yet when your conscience is clear, and inside of you, there’s no intention of harming anybody, then your relationships should be all open and transparent, without fear.

Instead of fear, there is love. And once you have love inside of you, you will be able to overcome any misunderstandings and obstacles.

What will this day bring to me?

Will I get healed from my sickness? Will we finally get the house we’ve been looking at for the last few weeks? Will I manage to finish all I’ve set out to do today? Will I do something good for somebody? Will I eat healthily? Will I love?

The gift of a new day. And I can do what I like.

When the women came to the tomb on Sunday morning, the big heavy stone was gone.

Uncertainty? Hope? Resurrection?

Today, my own heavy stone, the one inside me, has gone. I got that vision from the priest at confession.

When I was younger, I used to be like a little rabbit, at the edge of a forest, who craved for hopping on the grass that was in front of him, but at the same time, he was afraid, and rather kept hidden behind a huge stone.

Today, I got rid of this stone, I removed all the fear that was limiting me.

Today is the day of change. Today, just today. Now.

So let’s jump on the new grass, the grass that has been prepared there for me – since I was born. The grass, that I kept ignoring for all the time – because I was afraid, or I was trying to protect my ego, trying to be somebody else, trying to convince myself that, behind the stone, I was happy.

The new grass – both the uncertainty and great hope. Lord, let me enjoy Your presence, let me try Your gifts, let me live Your Life, forever.

When you are in a relationship, you have a great opportunity to let the other person teach you how to love. You will watch them, talk to them, spend time with them, eat, sleep, have fun together and share everything on your journey of life.

And they will teach you how to love them. Because they love you. And soon you will realise how far you still need to go, just by seeing them love you.

On the other hand, you are also an opportunity for the other person to learn how to love. Everything you do, your own way of showing love, all that will be mirrored by them, and they will try to express their love always a bit better.

You are both growing – make sure that every day on this journey counts, that every moment you spend together brings you closer to the real Love.

When I look at things, I usually see them as a reflection of myself, a reflection of what’s inside me. If I’m angry, I can see everybody around being angry. If I’m sad, everything around is dark and sad.

However, maybe I could step back sometimes, and look at things from a different viewpoint – for example, how do others see them? How does God see them?

And maybe from this will eventually come new solutions, and new ideas.

When you are proud of yourself – a trait that is not really looked on well, especially if you’re aiming at spiritual growth – where you really are missing the target, is probably not understanding your own value.

Because when you’re in doubt about how valuable you are, you will look for affirmations from outside of whether you are lovable or not. So you will start to compare yourself with others and try to compete with them – and always when you win, you will take pride in it.

Who are you?

In the Garden of Eden, the initial paradise, Adam and Eve were told they would become like God when they eat the fruit. Hey, are we not like God already? Is not God present inside us? It’s a great lie to believe that our value comes from outside, that we need to do anything, to become valuable, or lovable.

God is with us, God is inside us, we are part of Him – so don’t bother about competing with others, about fulfilling any religious duties – you are a great being, your spirit is of great value – and it doesn’t need to prove anything – just live your life in love.