16 January 2021
Today is a good day to pay attention to how the universe flows. In nature, everything flows – nothing stays static, nothing. Not even so-called stationary objects are static. Everything on earth is spinning around its axis, and orbiting around the sun. At the micro level, trillions of atoms and particles are moving and bumping into one another in what we see as “stationary” objects. Too often, life’s dynamic nature is hidden by our refusal to evolve with it. Then one day, you realize that life has left you behind. Fortunately, life waits for no one. So go ahead. Jump in and swim with the ever-changing tide of life. Why? Because you have no alternative. The static structures you’ve created don’t slow things down, they simply cause suffering. They cause unconscious behaviors that don’t help you. Seeing life as static, or rigid doesn’t prevent the ever-rolling stream of time from flowing past you. Why not engage freely with the suppleness of life? Why not surrender to change?
Rigid, static views of life, guised as routine or custom, can lull you into a false state of comfort. They can masquerade as control. You don’t control the flow of time, the universe does. But what you do control is the level of cooperation that you have with life’s dynamism and progress! The more you cooperate, the easier your flow becomes. The more you resist and hold on to the past, the more labored life becomes. So don’t get left behind because you dig your heels in the ground and refuse to evolve. Instead, be open to the urge to grow. Respond to the prompts to accept yourself and your life as it is, but don’t try to freeze time. Surrender to change, when necessary. Today, give up the false assumption that life is static. You can’t memorialize time anyway. You can only flow with it and move forward, so you might as well enjoy the journey.