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thanks, Gurdeep, for sharing your beautiful and insightful reflection on impermanence and embracing the present ❤️

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Well said.!! Thanks for sharing, Gurdeep.

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thanks for the happiness you have brought to people.

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thanks for this beautiful affirmation of life!

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Loved your little home in the wild and your thoughts and stories around it. Where are you heading now? Best wishes on your journey to your next destination

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Gurdeep you are insightful and deliberate in your analogies. Your thoughts are powerful and helpful.

We tend to want to fix the world, our brain is always looking for ways to solve problems and sometimes it tries to create problems to solve. We need to ignore these thoughts so that we don’t spend all our lives moving backwards in time trying to understand the things that we may never understand or ever need to understand in order to find joy in our lives now.

When I look at nature in its glory I often try to become nature in that nature doesn’t worry or long for things that I might miss. Nature is naturally flowing it doesn’t care about tomorrow it’s constant in its ebb and flow. I want to be part of nature in its constant being, learning from it, evolving with it so I can embrace who I am and what is now.

Our emotions can drive us in circles always ending up in the same place. I’m not saying that having emotions is a bad thing however we can’t let our emotions control our decisions. After all our emotions are only real to the person that is experiencing them, to others it may seem that your reactions to your own emotions are unreasonable or strange in that others can never feel what you may be feeling at the moment.

Learning to be in the present is the only way to really escape the perpetual circle of regret, anger and longing that we may feel. We will never change the events and decisions of the past. We can never change the ideals of others. We can only change ourselves to become like nature because we are nature.

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It's not my heart but my head that is having difficulties accepting this life-reality that you describe. Thank you for explaining that letting go and change are not bad things . I will read your post again and again this month, thank you ❤️

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Very beautiful and deeply insightful and helpful! I hope your new home is beautiful and peaceful for you in every way and brings you joy.

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Thank you for these thoughts. I needed to hear them.

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This is so beautiful and touched me so deeply. So many things in my life, I could apply it to. Thank you for sharing.

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Thank you, Gurdeep! I’m attached to my bedroom that I rent in a group home but it maybe time for me to move along. We’ll see. Anyway, your article is quite relevant to my situation at the moment and for the past month.

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Your thoughts about human experiences are so relatable. Keep sharing . . . I know I'm just one of many who are listening and finding light and comfort in the midst of life. "Simply become water. . . ".

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Your words and your celebration of dance has taught me much Gurdeep. I find I can access the joy of the present by remaining curious. Curiosity rather than criticism allows me to see what is before me as pure and wonderful, even when there is pain involved. I greet you as a member of the Big Picture; unknowable yet fascinating to behold!

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Thank you for this offering, Gurdeep. It hit the spot today. <3

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Thank you for the reminder. I had lost my job unexpectedly last week and it was tough because it was a really great place to work for and great colleagues. I had to really work hard not to get attached. I sent them a little thank you note to them for all of their guidance and am taking those lessons that I’ve learned and apply it to my next job.

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This is so true -we tie our selves up with the past and yes we can cherish those memories. I find as I get older that I need to keep the past in the past - it is what it is, I want to embrace each day I have and am thankful for that - each new day is an adventure!

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