If your life unfolds anything like mine, events, interactions, and circumstances pop up unannounced, unforeseen, and mostly unwanted. For the most part, I have been trying to practice a way of acceptance and resourcefulness that allows me to be present with the circumstance while creatively making the best of the situation.
What I am seeing is that there is another layer to this phenomenon. Anyone else in the vicinity will also make unplanned adjustments and tacks as a reaction. So, we are all basically scrambling. In truth, this is how we spend most of our lives, because, really, how often do things go exactly according to plan.
Therefore, the openness of my acceptance will best include compassion and understanding to others’ reactions. As I would hope they accept me and my reactions. It seems to make my heart lighter than getting uptight by all the unexpected-ness of the world.
So, in the end, I’m playing with being the compassionate, accepting, resourceful, and resilient person I aim to be. Because I’m selfish. The bigger I can open up my openness, the less often unforeseen circumstances and events will really affect the place where I’m living and working–in the love and energy connecting and shining between us all.
Although the water moves, the river remains where it is. I want to be with the river, not pulled away by the water.
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