Monday, April 8, 2024
Life can appear overwhelming. The appearance of options can seem like sorting through a physics problem on the SAT. At the supermarket, how many different spaghetti sauces do we need? Choice, once you see what it is, is as simple as baby steps.
Many of us look at the world as a huge menu or map. “Out there” contains too many choices! But there is a better way, and the only way. It’s you. What appears as a map of infinite possibility, when you look out into the world, is an illusion of choice. Go within and you’ll find the step, not the steps in totality – just one. Your mind will go nuts trying to vacillate. What should I do!? This seeming struggle is a dramatic ruse. There is only one way, the happening of now. What’s happening now is THE way, and it’s always been that way. You’re not affecting the way – you are the way.
When you die, your life will flash before your eyes, or so they say. You’ll see how precise the way has been. The other so-called choices will diminish, and you’ll see this narrow path that was laid out from beginning to end. But how do you see this while still alive? That narrow passageway is illuminated by a small candle, a flicker in your gut taking you on baby steps, one at a time.
The way is narrow, dimly lit, and reveals simplicity, one at a time. Even if you think you’ve misstepped, you haven’t. You can’t. You are the way, remember? All so-called missteps turn out wisely. Look backwards and you’ll see you’ve been precisely on the narrow path for your entire life. Why should you be afraid to step forward then? You are the way and the choices narrow down to ONE. That ONE is you. Trust and step with confidence.