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November 2008 
Going With The Flow ~ Easy?
Posted on Oct 6th, 2008
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oliviazjoyz
oliviazjoyz
You hear it all the time..."just go with the flow"...& often times, I wonder why we make that so hard. Why do we fight what IS in the name of what we would 'rather be doing'. I know this feeling all too well. Pretty much every job I've ever had was spent wishing I was elsewhere. An awful way to live. Excruciating, really.
Now, however, I see things a bit differently. I realize that this moment is the only one I really have, so rather than wishing I were elsewhere, doing something else, I prefer to savor the taste of HERE. I take time to really inhale everything around me, marveling at the wonder of the miracles I see. Little things, like a zillion bees buzzing in the massive palm near the house. Or the dew on a magnificent spider web that was spun while I slept. Or the happy little noises my cat makes when she wants my attention. All these things are wonders to me. Can you imagine spinning a web? Have you ever looked at the precision of a spider web? Incredible, indeed. Life is like that too. If only we take the time to notice.
Recently, because of some funky dis-ease that's been going on in my body, I've had lots of time to just sit & BE. Moving is sometimes quite painful, so being still helps to calm the pain. Be still & sit. Be still & BE. Sounds boring, I'm sure, but honestly, not at all. Anyone who knows me might think I've lost my mind (hearing me say this), but it's true. I've always gone 240 MPH...my whole life. Now, because of this new experience, I've been forced to slow wayyyyyyyy down. A brand new adventure for someone like me. The result? A brand new way of looking at things. Pretty cool, really. Especially considering 'from whence I came'.
Life is funny. Life has a way of delivering precisely what we need at the perfect moment. My own 'package' was delivered 16 months ago...& I'm still opening it up, peering inside, learning the lessons I've apparently written for myself. It's all my doing, and I KNOW it. I won't say it's been 'fun'. But I will say that were it not for what's been going on, I wouldn't have had the insights to so many new things. I'm grateful, I'm astonished, I'm acutely aware of so much more than I ever was. This must be a good thing, yes?
In all, I suppose you could say that I'm learning, baby steps at a time, to really go with the flow. To stop resisting what IS & stay right here, in this moment, for all it's worth. Not always easy, but not nearly as hard as I once thought. Try it sometime. You might be happily surprised.
Now, however, I see things a bit differently. I realize that this moment is the only one I really have, so rather than wishing I were elsewhere, doing something else, I prefer to savor the taste of HERE. I take time to really inhale everything around me, marveling at the wonder of the miracles I see. Little things, like a zillion bees buzzing in the massive palm near the house. Or the dew on a magnificent spider web that was spun while I slept. Or the happy little noises my cat makes when she wants my attention. All these things are wonders to me. Can you imagine spinning a web? Have you ever looked at the precision of a spider web? Incredible, indeed. Life is like that too. If only we take the time to notice.
Recently, because of some funky dis-ease that's been going on in my body, I've had lots of time to just sit & BE. Moving is sometimes quite painful, so being still helps to calm the pain. Be still & sit. Be still & BE. Sounds boring, I'm sure, but honestly, not at all. Anyone who knows me might think I've lost my mind (hearing me say this), but it's true. I've always gone 240 MPH...my whole life. Now, because of this new experience, I've been forced to slow wayyyyyyyy down. A brand new adventure for someone like me. The result? A brand new way of looking at things. Pretty cool, really. Especially considering 'from whence I came'.
Life is funny. Life has a way of delivering precisely what we need at the perfect moment. My own 'package' was delivered 16 months ago...& I'm still opening it up, peering inside, learning the lessons I've apparently written for myself. It's all my doing, and I KNOW it. I won't say it's been 'fun'. But I will say that were it not for what's been going on, I wouldn't have had the insights to so many new things. I'm grateful, I'm astonished, I'm acutely aware of so much more than I ever was. This must be a good thing, yes?
In all, I suppose you could say that I'm learning, baby steps at a time, to really go with the flow. To stop resisting what IS & stay right here, in this moment, for all it's worth. Not always easy, but not nearly as hard as I once thought. Try it sometime. You might be happily surprised.
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