Sometimes life leaves you in a place where you have no idea what is going to happen next. Despite your meticulous planning and organization skills, you will never fully grasp what’s yet to come. I am learning that the more I try to hold on to or control moments, the more they fade, or turn in to something other than what I had thought they would be. It’s unnerving sometimes to think that the five year plan you had will probably not be what you wanted....
but it could be even better.
Being on the edge of something great can feel like life is letting you down. You wait anxiously for something huge to happen and in reality, it’s the journey that matters, not the destination (cheesy, but true). We have to learn to enjoy the steps leading up to, versus the actual goal. And when you hone in on the moment, it’s true that things take you by surprise. All the stresses we feel when things aren’t going our way are brought on by a very powerful illusion. We only struggle because we are holding on to an idea of how things “should be” versus how they actually are.
I am speaking from experience, obviously, because words are just pointers, they cannot fulfill this human life. It’s through experience, that maybe you too can understand this. And even though I am writing this, I feel like I still have to learn as well. Life continually shows me that holding on to moments never fulfills. It’s only when I am fully aware of the moment that life flows beautifully. In fact, my constant effort to control situations appears devastating. When I know in reality, it’s all in my head. Love and life is a constant stream of wonder, and we just have to hop in and go where the water takes us.
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