Life is like a stream. It’s always flowing, whether you like it or not.⠀ ⠀ You can choose to resist the flow of the stream through trying to control your life, exerting massive energy to take action & achieve your desired outcomes.⠀ ⠀ However, as long as you paddle against the flow of the stream, you will feel the struggles of life, the resistance that manifests as stress & anxiety, which eventually exhausts you.⠀ ⠀ What if instead you let go of control & allowed the flow of the stream to take you?⠀ ⠀ This means that you let go of your plans, to do lists, goals, “shoulds”, attachments, beliefs, etc.. & instead look at what feels “good” and “right” day to day.⠀ ⠀ Generally, what feels good & right is being with the flow of the stream. What feels bad, wrong or a struggle is resisting it.⠀ ⠀ For most, the thought of complete surrender is terrifying.⠀ ⠀ I invite you to look around you.⠀ ⠀ Look at the trees, the stars, the mountains, the ocean, the sun. Has any of this come by taking any action?⠀ ⠀ Everything in nature exists & is happening, without any deliberate involvement or effort required.⠀ ⠀ If I asked you to “create a plant”, would you start gluing sticks & leaves together, or would you simply put a seed in the ground & allow the force of life care of it?⠀ ⠀ There is a force creating all of this, isn’t there? It doesn’t matter if you view it as God, religion or evolution.⠀ ⠀ Maybe life could be easier, more free & fulfilling if you team up with this force, rather than resist it?⠀ ⠀ The reason someone resists the flow of the stream is because they do not trust that it’s going to take them to the right place. There are layers of conditioning they’ve created or absorbed from society that tells them what they should do, be, desire, & aspire for.⠀ ⠀ What if you let go of the paddles, surrendering fully to the life force, in God, the universe?⠀ ⠀ Too scary? What if you just loosened your grip a bit, instead of holding on so tight?⠀ ⠀ You might find that flowing down stream feels really good, liberating & your suffering disappears.⠀ ⠀ Just something for you to ponder today… 😃⠀ ⠀ Credit: The stream analogy is inspired by Frederick Dodson.
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Life is like a stream. It’s always flowing, whether you like it or not.⠀
⠀
You can choose to resist the flow of the stream through trying to control your life, exerting massive energy to take action & achieve your desired outcomes.⠀
⠀
However, as long as you paddle against the flow of the stream, you will feel the struggles of life, the resistance that manifests as stress & anxiety, which eventually exhausts you.⠀
⠀
What if instead you let go of control & allowed the flow of the stream to take you?⠀
⠀
This means that you let go of your plans, to do lists, goals, “shoulds”, attachments, beliefs, etc.. & instead look at what feels “good” and “right” day to day.⠀
⠀
Generally, what feels good & right is being with the flow of the stream. What feels bad, wrong or a struggle is resisting it.⠀
⠀
For most, the thought of complete surrender is terrifying.⠀
⠀
I invite you to look around you.⠀
⠀
Look at the trees, the stars, the mountains, the ocean, the sun. Has any of this come by taking any action?⠀
⠀
Everything in nature exists & is happening, without any deliberate involvement or effort required.⠀
⠀
If I asked you to “create a plant”, would you start gluing sticks & leaves together, or would you simply put a seed in the ground & allow the force of life care of it?⠀
⠀
There is a force creating all of this, isn’t there? It doesn’t matter if you view it as God, religion or evolution.⠀
⠀
Maybe life could be easier, more free & fulfilling if you team up with this force, rather than resist it?⠀
⠀
The reason someone resists the flow of the stream is because they do not trust that it’s going to take them to the right place. There are layers of conditioning they’ve created or absorbed from society that tells them what they should do, be, desire, & aspire for.⠀
⠀
What if you let go of the paddles, surrendering fully to the life force, in God, the universe?⠀
⠀
Too scary? What if you just loosened your grip a bit, instead of holding on so tight?⠀
⠀
You might find that flowing down stream feels really good, liberating & your suffering disappears.⠀
⠀
Just something for you to ponder today… 😃⠀
⠀
Credit: The stream analogy is inspired by Frederick Dodson.
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