I was in heaven.

The roses, an abundance of roses in this tiny rose garden were in bloom. Their sweet fragrance floated in the air and with every inhale the beauty and wonder of rose medicine filled every cell of my being.

As I sat soaking in the splendor of these magnificent roses, completely immersed in the awe of creation that had just awakening all my senses, my sacred heart opened in deepest gratitude.

And then I had this thought.

Every single rose on these rose bushes are brand new, and in fact the only thing that is not new- is the rose plant itself.
There is not a single rose bud, or a single rose that was here last year…just the rose bush was here.

Here we are. It’s our life. It’s not exactly new, our life was here last season, our life is here this season and it is our life that will be here in future seasons. Our life always remains -our life.

What does change is the moments in our life.
Every moment is brand new.
Every moment bursting with universes of inner choices offered to us in every fraction of nano-seconds of what thoughts our free-will decides to entertain.

I know what it’s like to choose a succession of thoughts reiterating past experiences, hurts and fears – but that’s old – and there is no brand-new in old.

Holding onto what is old and what is past – like that not so pleasant conversation you just had – never allows for anything new, fresh and alive to become us.

There is no magnificent growth, bud or bloom inside the choice to hang on to anything old.
or could there ever be….because fresh, alive buds and blooms – those are always brand new.

What if we could just let go, and simply hold our own heart?

There is so much brand new in feeling our heart at every breath and at every turn.
There is infinite expansion breathing in brand-new – gratitude, love, kindness, trust, faith, gentleness, grace – those are thoughts that choose us and multiply in ever increasing measure and take us inward to the most eternally expansive places called miracles.

That’s when we bloom and grow, let go and become solid in our bare foundation for a season and bloom and grow, and let go again and again.

Our heart prayers and dreams are all about receiving and being everything new.

And yet sometimes there is still an addiction to always looking at or holding on to past stuff.

When I notice myself in that cycle – I ask God to give me new eyes so that I can see differently, because I know I go where I am looking.
I want new eyes that naturally peer deeply into the brand new, to wonder into the brand new – I want to grow. I want new life to bud within me. I want my heart dreams to blossom and the sweet fragrance of Love to be my silent presence.

May your life bud with new life and your expanding heart dreams blossom into brilliant colors of joy basking in the sunshine of you loving all of you and receiving all of this precious sacred life in every brand new moment.