What is it that you're resisting?
There are a lot of people in my circle who have been struggling lately. I've heard it all, from physical health issues to experiencing loss, financial struggles, parenting woes, all the way to navigating mental health.
The human experience tells us that we need to set goals, expectations, and carve out the roadmap for exactly how we want our future to play out. Along the way, we forgot the most important part - life shows up on life’s terms, not my terms or your terms. Ultimately, nothing ever goes according to “plan”.
So what do we do in the moments when someone or something shows up and throws us off course? How do we respond to the diagnosis? How do we receive the rejection? How do we walk through the hard seasons?
If you’re anything like me, there are days, weeks, and sometimes months when I sell myself on “This isn’t how this is supposed to be.” Immediately my own resistance reaps misery, discontentment, and a whole lot of fear.
It’s not hard to see that living this way puts me in total conflict with life, in conflict with what is - with what is true.
The truth is that everything (yes everything) is exactly as it should be. I’m a firm believer that nothing happens in God’s world by mistake. There are no coincidences or unfortunate mishaps. Every single detail is meticulously orchestrated in a way that confirms the Universe is conspiring in my favor.
If we truly grasp this idea, then we are met with flow, truth, and a whole lot of acceptance.
But what happens when those painful situations show up?
The only thing that actually cultivates peace and acceptance is love applied to the painful and wounded places. The only place we have ever been is here - in the present moment. The goal is to be intentional about being wholly present - without the desire to change one aspect of the exact experience, we are walking through.
Life ebbs and flows on its own terms and we either resist every overture or we float along as the tide rolls in.
I hope you beautiful people have a stellar weekend.