Try to allow your life to unfold like a flower rather than worrying
and making predictions which cause stress. Our lives are guided by natural
rhythms that are particular to each of us and cannot be altered by force of
will alone. Life itself is a journey made up of processes and events that
manifest before us only to be swept away when time marches on. Whether we
envision ourselves creating a career, building a family, or developing the
self, we instinctively know when the time has come for us to realize our dreams
because all that is involved comes together harmoniously. When the time is
right, the passage of destiny cannot be blocked. As desperate as we may be to
touch these beautiful futures we have imagined, we cannot grow if we are not
fully present in the evolutionary experience. The present can be challenging,
uncomfortable, and tedious, but life unfolds as it will, and the universe will
wait patiently as we make our way into the unknown.
The fate that awaits us is not dependent on our pace, which was
pre-ordained before we ever appeared in human guise. Therefore, there is no
reason to rush through life to reach those pinnacles of development associated
with the paths we have chosen. Enjoying and fully experiencing the journey of
life is as important as achieving goals and reaching milestones. There are
lessons we can learn during those moments that seem immaterial or insignificant
that we cannot learn at any other time. Appreciating these takes patience,
however, because human beings tend to focus on the fulfillment of expectations
rather than the simple joys of being.
Like many people, you have no doubt longed for a device that would
give you the power to fast forward through certain periods of your existence.
Yet haste is by its very nature vastly more stressful than serene fortitude.
When you feel yourself growing impatient because the pace of your development
is deceptively slow, remember that everything will occur in your life in its
own time. Quelling your urge to rush will enable you to witness yourself
learning, changing, and becoming stronger. There is so much to see and do in
between the events and processes that we deem definitive. If you are patient
enough to take pleasure in your existence’s unfolding, the journey from one
pinnacle to the next will seem to take no time at all.
(May 17, 2010)
Maresha's next blog will be published July 22, 2014.
Messages of Light is published by the Sanctuary of Universal Light on Snow Dragon Mountain in Meredith, New Hampshire. www.snowdragonsanctuary.com.
Messages of Light is published by the Sanctuary of Universal Light on Snow Dragon Mountain in Meredith, New Hampshire. www.snowdragonsanctuary.com.