Dearest Readers,
My brain is full of ideas right now. I have a number of projects cooking and dividing my time so that each of them has my focus is proving rather challenging. I’m not complaining. This is a Cadillac problem, folks. And yet I do need to simplify in order to stay on track.
What have I got in the tool kit to keep it simple? Here are a few good ones:
One Day at a Time: I can only do what I can do today. I can only ever accomplish the task at hand. I can’t work in the future. I can’t get things done next week. If I stay in today, if I do the next right thing, I will achieve all that I am supposed to in this day in which I am now living.
Don’t Push: I don’t have to make anything happen. I am not the Maker. If I am forcing myself or forcing outcomes I have somehow ended up in the Driver’s Seat. Pushing feels like stress. Physically, pushing feels like tightness and tension. Pushing often creates the opposite response: lethargy. Rather than push, I can practice letting go.
Letting Go: I’m going to re-word a quote from one of my mentors, Sister Helen Prejean (who wrote Dead Man Walking), who said “Forgiveness is a path. It’s not an act.” Letting go is a path, it’s not an act. I need to walk this path everyday. We don’t learn how to let go once and then become masters. We cultivate the ability to let go. We practice. We surrender our desire to be in control whenever we remember.
Enjoy Life: What a concept.
Inspiring Message of the Day: What is the task at hand? I will do it. What is the outcome? None of my business. Am I enjoying my Life? Only when I truly Surrender and Let Go Absolutely.
