Letting Go of What You Know
Hello, How are you responding to your life? Are you resisting or accepting? If you aren't sure then think about the ease of your life. Is there any or are you stressed and generally unhappy? We tend to resist change and accept what we have grown accustomed to (even when it doesn't make us happy). We resist change so much that it often comes in the form of big life events that are difficult or impossible for us to ignore. We humans actually believe that we have some control over the movement of the universe, that we can make things happen how and when we would like them to. We have some influence, indeed. After all we are all co-creators of this world. In reality we are waking up to a new possibility each day, one where the best tool in your bag is curiosity.
In order to live a life that has a bit less struggle and a lot more snuggle :) (I sometimes just like to rhyme) you are going to first come to the understanding that you don't need to know everything. You can trust and have faith that things are happening for a reason and to be open to understanding later. You can also recognize that as time passes your information will change. What you know to be the case now will not necessarily stay the same in the future. Each day brings with it surprises. Planning is important and valuable, being attached to the plan is a hinderance when plans change (note that it isn't "if" plans change). Everything is in motion. Nothing is the way it was yesterday, or two minutes ago for that's sake. Our desire and efforts to keep things as is is futile on every level and on every layer. When we are curious, this truth that the only constant is inconsistency or change, becomes less fear making and inspires more creativity and risk taking.
This brings me back to whether you are accepting or resisting your life. When you accept change as a way of life you live a life with so much less fear. You become curious about what the change that is presenting itself means. This doesn't mean that you aren't sometimes afraid, resistant or unhappily surprised. It just means that you are able to let go of these old programmed responses quickly and come to a place where you begin to see that there is more to change than shock. There is a depth of acceptance that resistance simply cannot appreciate. Acceptance is where growth begins. Growth can only happen when you have an understanding that there is more than what is and curiosity is the gift of staying open to all of the information the situation you are in has to offer you. You are like a sponge from the day you are conceived. You soak up information and choose how to use it throughout your life. As you age you begin to either continue to absorb or dry up. Imagine absorbing throughout, being as curious, as accepting as a baby is. How would you see the world differently if you believed it was a never-ending all-knowing school? How would your life change?
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