I saw a short post on Instagram the other day and I wanted to share it (I’m not sure who the person was that originally posted it). There is something so simple in the truths but I know I’ve struggled to trust and live in that way.  So, here are the six things:

1. Our paths may be harder because we have a higher calling.  We require more lessons to achieve a different goal, a goal that others may not be able to see or understand.  We may not feel the support we hope for in those circumstances—we must keep going anyway. 

2. If you can attach to it, you can detach from it.  All of our attachment is a choice.  What we deem a belief is a choice.  What we prioritize and focus on is a choice.  So if we have issues with a choice we’ve made, then we can make another one.  When we define ourselves with a choice, that’s when we   

3. If you don’t like something you can’t change, change the only thing that will take away its power: your attention.  Nothing can grow without light so if we remove the spotlight of our focus, the idea/thing will eventually fade away. 

4. Better a passing “oops” than a life time of “What If.”  This one hit HARD.  Oftentimes we get so fixated on the oops that we lose sight of the bigger picture.  If we subscribe to the belief that everything happens for a reason, then it must stand that even the things we struggle with are necessary, there are no accidents.  So if we have the inkling to take something on, then it’s better to go for it and fall so we can learn to get up than to sit there and wonder what it might have been like if we did it when it’s too late. 

5. Evolving involves eliminating.  I loved this one.  We’ve been talking the last few days about letting go of who we were in a previous stage of our lives in favor of who we are now.  This means actively letting go of what doesn’t serve our present.  When we are able to let go of what we had, we make room for what is to come.  We are also showing that we have faith in the universe to provide what we need, that we can release our fear of not having what we need and that anything we let go of will be replaced with what we need in the future. 

6.  The calmer we are, the clearer we think.  I’ve often spoken of the absolute chaos in my brain.  I will say again and again, this brain is like having infinite trains on about 20 tracks all going at the same time.  That state manifested pure chaos in my life.  Trying to do all the things all the time with no focus created an endless supply of started-but-not-finished in all arenas of my life.  Learning to slow down is where the clarity came in.  I knew I couldn’t stop it, but I could shift it.    

I hope these helped!