Thanks for the visit, my friend. I've been missing having you around! I hope the new job is going well and that you have a Merry Christmas with your family.
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I feel like a general constantly strategizing manuevers before any war has begun.
Are you saying we need to drop the analyzing and stress and just *be*? Yes, we do. I think I am doing that more now...but I don't want to be blindsided again just when I think things are going fine. I know you KWIM. And I know that this in-and-of-itself becomes confusing because we're so busy concentrating on floating along that we can't seem to firmly grasp what is really going on inside us. And that creates some internal uncertainty.
Here's something I read yesterday about just this topic:
"...when we continually worry, we squeeze [our desire] so tightly that it literally dies--we choke it to death! Let go of the choking, the forcing, the pushing, the worry. Do your best to establish the faith that when you are doing your part, you know the [necessities] will always be available to you. Worry is negative and faith is positive. Faith and worry cannot occupy the same space at the same time. So, which one would you rather have working in your life for you, the negative or the positive? You can't afford the luxury of a negative thought! Let go of the "have to" and allow the natural flow of things to occur. Then life flows much easier and is more enjoyable. I'm not suggesting you do away with goals or other plans for your life. I'm suggesting that you be flexible. Then if situations or opportunities seem to take you in a different direction than planned, you will be more willing to flow with it. You might find it much more exciting and beneficial than the original plan..." -Karol Truman, Feelings Buried Alive Never Die
