Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Life is transitional, yet we are often unaware of this truth. Some stages are ending, some are beginning, some are peaking – but they are never forever. The key is sensing when endings have arrived and when beginnings are emerging. When something is beginning, welcome it warmly, but don’t stifle it by trying to hoard it or to clutch it (new relationships, new perspectives, new ideas, new dreams, new opportunities, etc.). Don’t push or rush new beginnings, either. They have to mature on their own time. If it’s not ready to mature, you’ll ruin it. Likewise, when something is dying, let it go with dignity. Stand at the door and smile as you hold it open for what’s coming, and for what’s leaving. When you close the door, or try to box it in – it will eventually find a way to leave you.
Money, people, beliefs, positions, etc., all go in and out – sometimes so quickly they make your head spin. Let what needs to pass through come and go. One of the secrets of happiness is being observant, seeing things, people, situations, perceptions move in and out of your life, and letting it all happen as it needs to.
The key is knowing when to nurture what’s beginning, when to bury what’s dying, and when to sustain what’s peaking. Your biggest regrets in your life will be when you try to rush or to close doors on new beginnings, or hold onto and try to trap things because you’re afraid to let them go. Hold the door open for all of it because everything comes and goes. Be really grateful to have been able to watch it freely enter, stay for as long as it wants, and then when it’s time, let it exit without any complaint.