Thursday, August 23, 2012

Life in Bits and Pieces

In this video, a man has just lost all of his “things” to a fire.


Here are the messages I see in this video:

He questions, “Was I my things?”  Message:  Life events happen. Period. They just happen.  And when they do, it allows us the chance to reflect and see who we are.

He states, “I was a collector.”   Message:  He still is a collector. This event did not change that.  It took away his collection, but not him as a collector. Notice that he replaced the collection he lost with a collection of people who collected the bits and pieces of his collection for him.

He gathered help.  Message:  He was not afraid to ask for help.  It takes strength to ask for help.

He learned a long time ago to make something good out of something bad.  Message:  Take advantage of the opportunity life events give you to create something good.

He asked, “Wow, is that better?” (The burned pictures) Message:  Change, even change that we are not expecting, can bring about better things if we choose to see them.

He said, “I am proud of me.”  Message: Acknowledge yourself and celebrate your perspective no matter what it is.

He acknowledges, “I came to live it and I’m living it.”  Message: Realize that we are here to experience life as it is, so there is no need to fear or abandon it.  In fact, we should immerse ourselves in it because it is all good.

He softly commanded, “Dig it up. I want pieces, bits and pieces”:  Message: Gather the bits and pieces of your life to create the whole of who you are. 

All the pieces, the life experiences, the connections, the good, the bad, the hot, the cold, the ups and the downs all make up our lives. 
We are all of it.  
Life IS bits and pieces. 

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