From the ashes of disaster grow the roses of success!

Disaster didn't stymie Louis Pasteur! No sir!

Edison took years to see the light! Right!

Alexander Graham knew failure well; He took a lot of knocks to ring that bell!

So when it gets distressing - It's a blessing!

Onward and upward you must press! Yes, Yes!

Till up from the ashes, up from the ashes grow the roses of success.

I’m following a model for ‘Living’ in this series of 7 short blogs.

With this episode, we arrive at the often thought ‘delicate’ characteristic of any Living Being: ‘Excretion’.  Why we should be embarrassed about this wonderful biological process, I don’t know… but I did laugh when looking up the lyrics for, “The Roses of Success.”  At the foot of my open search window as an advert displaying three toilet seats (open-mouthed) and a cistern! Of course, ‘Excretion’ is far more complicated than a bathroom break. For today, let’s use it as a simple metaphor for getting rid of those matters in life that no longer serve a helpful purpose.

These matters can include material goods, junk food, toxic relationships, old periods of our lives that we are hanging onto - like water retention, un-forgiveness… you’re clever, you know this stuff – let your heart be your guide and your soul be your pilot.  

My intention today is very, very simple: it is to remind you of this wonderfully ‘silly’ song from ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ – a wonderfully silly song within which lies a wealth of wisdom.

“Up from the Ashes of Disasters (large and small, significant and insignificant today) [can] grow The Roses of Success!”

Perhaps you’d be kind enough to encourage and entertain us by sharing some of your stories of how a seemingly disastrous set of circumstances were transformed into a matter of great value.

Lex

A Moodscope member