Living in Flow
Life is an exciting journey especially when we feel we are in
the flow, not pushing it, not resisting it. We often try to push the river
of life or yearn for the next landscape (when we all know we can't make a river
move any faster than nature has designed) or we resist the river (holding on to
a outcropping, to our old ways) when really the whole secret is letting go.
The river of life, our higher self, can take us on a powerful and magical
journey when we do our part
and yet let go.
As human beings we are meant to be engaged and have desires and goals, but we
are also meant to connect with the wholeness and fulfillment that already lies
within. Any challenges or issues we are facing or or desires that have
remained unfulfilled are mirroring what is within and often propelling us onward
in our lives purpose. Ultimately, anything that is in our lives (or not in
our lives) can help us reach our potential and return us to our wholeness.
It is not that we are doing something wrong when our life doesn't look like we
expected, but that there may bea higher design at work.
As Richard Bach says in Illusions "there is no such thing as a problem without a
gift for us in its hands. We seek problems because we need their
gifts." The challenges we've faced are the twists and turns that have made
us who we are today.
Diamonds are created under great pressure. Growth can be uncomfortable
because we are used to things the way they are. We often hang onto our
habits and limitations even if we're not all that happy. Change moves us
beyond our present boundaries and can make us feel vulnerable. In this
process, we face our resistance, but if we can focus on what we want to create
and focus on the steps that are revealing themselves to us we can experience
growth with relative grace and ease.
It won't always be easy, but if we listen to our hearts desires and are willing
to live in the unknown we will be led on our richest, most fulfilling path.
Life will synchronize people, places and events. Part of the challenge is
seeing those connections and following them.
When we allow our lives to flow, we can become filled with vitality, excitement
and yet a calm certainty that what is ahead is meant to be and what is behind
was all part of the plan. We learn to trust in ourselves and in the
universe to bring us exactly what we need to reach our ultimate potential.
When we are moving in the right direction we will know it because our intuitions
will be right, things will (sometimes miraculously) fall into place, we will get
signs that we are on the right path, our desires will be manifested with more
ease and we will feel very alive and centered.
We won't be ceaselessly striving; we'll be connecting with our inner wholeness
and learning to enjoy this moment, this day. We'll learn to ride the river
of
life, 'be' as we are moving forth and that is what makes the journey rich and
rewarding.
Inquiry of the Month
How is your life flowing? Are you pushing too hard? Resisting and
hanging back too much?
One of my Favorite Quotes
"Keep breathing. The sun will rise and who knows what the tide will
bring." Tom Hanks, The Castaway.
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