Stand out :)

Been going for morning walks at the Lake Gardens at Subang Jaya and have been enjoying not only the exercise but also the lovely sights of the lake with Lotus flowers and the beautiful sunrises. Just like that, two weeks ago i was there, waiting for my friend Joethi to join me while hubby decided to walk first i was just standing by the lake looking at the morning blooms.

I usually do not carry my phone when i go walking but on that day, i decided to have it since my friend was not there yet and she might call me when she gets to the car park area. As i was looking at the lovely pink lotus flowers bloomed i noticed something for the first time. At first i was looking at one part of the lake where there were lots of leaves, buds and flowers clustered and as i shifted my gaze towards the right of the lake, i noticed ONE flower standing out alone! So i took a few steps towards the right and a little closer to the edge of the lake to have a better look at this flower. I thought it looked extra special so decided to take a picture of it. As i snapped the first pic with my mobile and looked at the image i realised something interesting. The reflections of course. The reflection of the fully bloomed flower, the bud and also the of pieces of wood that were stuck in the lake were so clear. Then, i looked to my left at the cluster again and found that none of the flowers or the buds were able to reflect as perfectly as the one flower that stood alone.

At that moment, i sensed the lotus saying this to me:

"Clear the cluster in your heart and mind, free yourself from the crowd. MOVE! have some space! Keep the buds but at a distance, watch them bloom and rejoice in its beauty but stand apart, be with yourSELF! your soul needs space to be able to reflect. You have everything you need to be able to reflect. So MOVE. Move within yourself till your find that space. Enough crowd, enough mess, enough! Time to let yourself to be seen. When theres space, everything gets its share of beauty, the buds or the pieces of woods all get to reflect beautifully and then you have created a kind of wholeness in that beauty"

Hmmm....so yes, that's what the lotus said to me:)

And i thought, how true is that. We all need space, and by space i don't mean physically. Its mentally and spiritually. We hold too much in our hearts that theres no space for reflection. We hold parents, brothers, sisters, children, husband and wife or even friends including their problems and our problems all in a messy cluster! 

We fail to see that everything and everyone has their place and we need to have that space between us no matter what the relationship is. Everyone needs that space to reflect. When we are overly attached to someone or something we are constantly blocked by emotions which creates such a messy cluster of thoughts and thats where we dwell day in and day out. Then we wonder why we get so tired by the end of the day! hahha...

That doesnt mean we cant have the leaves and buds with us. We can have them all at a beautiful distance in our mind. Then we get a better view in fact! We can watch them bloom, and also be able to look at our own reflection. Only then theres beauty in the lake of life! Otherwise its just mere clusters! 

So lets learn how to stand out, bloom and reflect! In order to do that we first need to know that EVERY one has their own beauty and we cant capture them to live in our own shadow forever. Thats not fair, we need to learn how to let go and let things happen for ourselves as well for others. That way, there will be less conflict, less misunderstandings, less tension and of course more LOVE! :)

Happy reflecting yourself :D