What Is Life Trying To Show You?
“Contentment is the only real wealth”
~ Alfred Noble
Let’s face it there is no right or wrong way to do life or death, and it’s quite true that we can not control the outcome, yet we do have a lot of autonomy when it comes to living our day-to-day lives. It’s all in the perspective we take into it.
With so many things out of our control, how do we stay in the flow? How do we surrender, yet not be a limp dance partner that life is dragging around the dance floor? How do we stay engaged with life on its terms, especially when those terms are not a part of our plan?
We stay out of right and wrong thinking and practice being content with what is, we rest in the calm center of our own hearts and we allow life to show us what’s up. You see true freedom and autonomy are ours to experience when we begin to see choices and circumstances as neutral. As we do this we can expend our efforts in being with what is and not avoiding what we dislike or manipulating things in accordance with our preferences.
Life is one great practice ground and playground of potential. Below I have expanded on this idea with examples of ways we stray from the calm center, ways we can find our way back there, and practices to support us in seeing exactly where we are. A reminder as you explore to stay in curiosity and…
