Struggle Shmuggle

STOP!

That's it, just stop right there, missy (or mister).

No more struggling with yourself and your heavy load, whatever that may be.

Don't force the river, the river will flow on its own and as long as you are part of the river...you will get there. There may be a rock or a tree branch or some other obstacle, but just sit tight and enjoy the ride.

Pay attention, live in it and learn.

Don't let the experience pass you by or you may have to re-visit it on another shore.

So, much energy goes into forcing things to happen that we want, really, really bad. But, then we have forced it and struggled and sweat and cried and used every ounce of our brain's thinking capacity to make what we want so much to happen, to have or to get rid of.....we win, at least that is what we think.

And then, we are left feeling, what....? Empty? Tired? Not sure that we want it all that bad anymore? Wondering why we had to have it? And man, we struggled, fought and now here we are.

My own past is as an enforcer. I more apt to allow the Universe or whatever you want to call it, let things unfold for me and I have noticed a couple of things.

I can no longer struggle, as in, the idea, thought and ability have left me completely.

I have moments of being upset or depressed or other negative emotions, but they don't last like they used to...nope! They are part of the old make, where I just made things happen.

Whimsical? Oh yeah, in the past, I would say the cookie business I started, only after a single conversation. I was bored with my current business. That was a BOLD neon sign in forcing things to happen. And it didn't pay off. I learned lessons I did not want to...and I have learned them over and over again.

Now when things don't move in my time 9 out of 10 days, I am okay.

Not to repeat myself, but I talk to people, meeting new people and try new things. I have no idea where it will lead, but I like the peaceful way this feels as compared to the stressed out way I used to feel.

I believe everything happens for a reason and all you have to do is look back at your own history to see that "jigsaw puzzle aka your life", come together and make sense.