28th July - Cycles of Life

Have you ever noticed small patterns in your life, things which feel familiar or give you a sense of deja-vu? Not just in terms of a moment here or there, but entire periods? Years which feel like other years? Summers which feel like other Summers? For me personally, I've felt a huge link between 2017 and 2022, especially throughout this Summer. Starting a new job in the July, a big holiday at the start of August, a cycle of health and the opening/closing of certain chapters in my Mother's own personal book of life, all coinciding with a pre-World Cup anticipation Summer.

I'm not quite sure, why, or how these things happen. I certainly think that setting goals is a way of manifesting such patterns. For example, I set myself a 5-year goal in July 2017, which came true almost slap-bang on the exact same date in July 2022... Spooky, huh? But it goes back to yesterday's post, in some ways, about being driven or motivated. You have to put end dates on goals to ensure you achieve them. Even then, though, it can amaze you how the Universe will serve up things when you least expect them, or some years after putting wishes out, wishes you might had even forgotten about in some circumstances.

Sit today, and think about this. Which areas of your life currently feel similar to previous moments? Have you ever wished for something, and found the gifts under your tree of life some years later when you least expected them? What makes life so fantastic is our ability to reap what we sow in this way, and to feel the karma of our actions, often when we had already given up on them. These are the cycles of life, and this...

... Is Football 'Eritage.