Bus ride and reality

 I’ve been back in western society for about three weeks after experiencing the most adventurous, emotional and happy time of my life in Southeast Asia. Today I humbled myself and took the bus. Going back a few years just the thought of taking the bus wouldn’t have even crossed my mind. My mind was too wrapped up in what I was surrounded in the material world. But as I looked at the faces on the bus today, it was just people who are all the same in my mind going to a destination. Whilst in South East Asia I met so many people that were poverty stricken but had such a richness of spirit that it made me question my own life so much. I thought of all the places I’ve been physically and emotionally. What used to make me happy then has changed so much.

 Seeing things differently and interacting with people that had only the shirts on their back to offer in most cases has brought me to the deep understanding that happiness is a state of mind. I was happy on that bus today. I was happy living very modest in inexpensive living quarters while on my work vacation. This may sound funny, but I even look at nature in a different way. I just look at everything as being alive. by no means is it a bad thing to accumulate abundance in mass quantities, it’s how we treat what we have and what we can give back to this world that makes me ponder so many questions. Being over there in countries where things aren’t as readily accessible to people has made me want to slow down and just live in a constant state of appreciation and love for all planetary evolution. The way you think and look at your present reality is so important. We can never change our circumstances of lack until we change our thought patters and give with and open heart. We have to remember to give without expecting to receive anything in return, that’s when we will experience so much more inner and outer joy.

MUCH LOVE – Ryan