heaven

"Look at the world with judgement and you see hell, look at the world with love and you see heaven."

This is my new favourite quote! I think it is so true that we choose to see what we see and how we see it. So we can be looking at the same situation and view it oh so differently depending on our levels of compassion.

I have a new pool nightmare situation involving swimming creatures. I am trying to view them as part of the world's glorious creation, with love. But I'm not managing very well and am more feeling the judgmental angle – should have bought the cover before we filled it and then this creating a new ecosystem wouldn't have happened. I really really don't like swimming creatures. The pool does not in anyway look like heaven to me, it looks like a green pond with gunge at the bottom and lifeforms inhabiting it. Clearly I shall have to refocus away from that, and concentrate instead on the kind people who have been thoughtful today. Despite painting lots of seascapes today, my heaven isn't water, but the friends who keep on loving, making me smile, caring for me and even being a bit silly from time to time. Hope you see heaven too :)