And so it goes...

You know how there are moments when you're so worked up and angry about a fight that you've even forgotten why the fight hapenned in the first place? Then when you take time off to breathe and recollect your thoughts, you realise how silly it all is and that there was no reason for that fight. That, combined with having taken time off from each other, makes making-up so easy, so romantic, and so much fun.

That's pretty much the same deal with lives, I'm learning. Sometimes we go through a life of sadness, a life of unfulfilled wishes and desires, a life without the most important element of all: a life without love. Or we go through lives where we've loved and lost. So what happens at the end of those lives? Do you really think that the power-that-be, the creator of creation, the universal consciousness, or whatever you want to call this energy form, would randomly single you out for a life of misery for absolutely no freaking reason in the world? Do you really think all this could be "just because"?

And if that is what you think, maybe you're happy in that school of thought and maybe you don't want to read any more of what I feel compelled to share with you. But if you've just said 'no' to even one of the above questions, I'm writing this to you.

There's more to us than this life in this body. There's an entire universe of stuff about our selves that lies dormant in the recesses of our mind. The us we see every single day in the mirror isn't even the tip of the iceberg. 

Every thing we say, do, think and feel today is a result of something else, of another time. Cause and effect, action and reaction, what goes around comes around, karma... Call it what you will, it's a powerful force. One that governs all our lives and every today we have. Do unto others as you would have done unto you. Do you really think these terms came out of nowhere? Every single action in this world creates a reaction. Throw a pebble in the water, and you will create ripples, kick your dog and you'll generate fear in his heart, smile at someone for no reason and their day will be that wee bit brighter. Every single deed we do has repercussions. Sometimes we don't allow those repercussions to happen within our life. So what happens then? Does the deed lie dormant, forgotten in the vastness of a universe that otherwise never forgets a single thing? Would our perfect universe honestly allow for something to go by unnoticed? Think about it. Every life has a purpose. If you stray too far from that purpose the universe gives you pushes and shoves along the way to nudge you back. If you ignore those nudges and keep straying even further, you get one heck of a big momma kick up your backside. You'd think that would be enough to get most people back on track. And you would be right for having thought so if it wasn't for this little thing called free will. Every human is born with the free will to do as they please, to change their minds at the last moment, to follow their own path, or walk down the opposite direction. And there's not a thing anyone could ever do to fight free will. So a soul goes on and ignores the life mission they once set for themselves. Fair enough. What happens next though? That life mission still needs to be learnt at some point. So the soul creates Version 1 of the same life the next time around, hoping to learn the original lesson. But oh oh! Free will comes into play again, and the next time around, Version 2 is created. And so theme lives keep continuing until, at some point, the soul learns the lesson it had originally set for itself to learn. It's almost like school. If you skip class and don't pay attention, you'll fail and have to repeat the grade. And until you finally learn what you had to to begin with, you'll keep re-doing the same grade over and over again until you get it.

That's not to say it's anyone's fault for failing. Sometimes skipping class to watch the flowers or play with clouds may be a lot more appealing. And that's the beauty of eternity. There's always time. And the universe doesn't hold grudges.