{"id":1279,"date":"2014-08-31T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2014-08-31T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1279"},"modified":"2014-08-31T11:12:57","modified_gmt":"2014-08-31T15:12:57","slug":"allow-it-to-be-let-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/safaraf.com\/?p=1279","title":{"rendered":"Allow IT to Be: Let Go"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Last week I stood in the presences of the universe with a cross look on my face.\u00a0 I was utterly dumbfounded by the lack of direction that I so felt I desperately needed to see my way forward.\u00a0 I had done all I could to allow for the pathways to open themselves to me to walk through in all the directions of the goals that I had in mind.<\/p>\n

Tirelessly,\u00a0my mind kept going over what I wanted to make happen and how I could get it to happen.<\/p>\n

Coupling my efforts, was energy spent\u00a0encouraging positive light, meditating, asking for assistance and looking for guidance.\u00a0 But nothing came.\u00a0 Every door was shut.\u00a0 I was frustrated.<\/p>\n

This frustration led me to experience\u00a0a pinnacle\u00a0day of displeasure with my mind\u00a0and emotions in despair.\u00a0\u00a0At the conclusion of the day, tired, worn out, exhausted from the energy spent\u00a0with my feelings; I\u00a0landed on the couch admitting defeat\u00a0to myself and the universe with the verse “I surrender.”<\/p>\n

The very next morning a path was revealed.<\/p>\n

I share this moment in its\u00a0entire unfolding to reflect on the very nature of\u00a0what I have found to be at the center of what makes for a healthy life.\u00a0 The ability to let go and let GOD.\u00a0 Taking care of yourself; body, mind and soul by giving yourself the freedom to be less controlling and more accepting of what is.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0use GOD as I have done in other blogs in the sense of all that\u00a0encompasses that\u00a0“other” source from which whether we\u00a0know it or not, or choose to acknowledge it or not; guides us forward.\u00a0\u00a0The direction\u00a0may not be one we have\u00a0sought or chosen for ourselves and may leave us with a big question mark.\u00a0 It may have us in disbelief and wondering how is it that we arrived at this point.<\/p>\n

I’ve heard it been said, “GOD writes straight with\u00a0wavy lines.”\u00a0Even as we may find that our lives are taking us in directions that we\u00a0feel unclear about; we do\u00a0ourselves the best possible good to trust and walk forward.<\/p>\n

When we\u00a0find ourselves with the challenge\u00a0of\u00a0temptation to straighten what is\u00a0meant to\u00a0curve and bend;\u00a0 we do better to stand back and say “ok” with gratitude.\u00a0 When we do we are taking care of our peace of mind and heart while acknowledging that we have done all we can with our full self.\u00a0 We are less likely to punish ourselves for not figuring it all out; and more likely to embrace and positively reflect on all the efforts we have made in our best interest.<\/p>\n

When we do we can begin to clear our minds and see the possibilities.\u00a0 We can take the pieces of what we see and visualize them\u00a0like a puzzle laid out before us on a table and place them in a new pattern of hope and curiosity.\u00a0 With fresh eyes and\u00a0a perspective\u00a0anew we can appreciate that which we see as the direction\u00a0for our highest good and greatest self.<\/p>\n

When we do we are honoring\u00a0our internal self to know and do what we feel is right for us and then allow\u00a0the external guidance we are receiving to work its way through us with ease.\u00a0 This\u00a0approach\u00a0to navigating our possibilities follows a healthy\u00a0pattern by which to create\u00a0a mosaic\u00a0of our life.<\/p>\n

So when life finds you feeling frustrated without the sense of knowing just where you are and where you are meant to go; you can do yourself best by staying positive and reminding yourself that the clearing is just around the bend; by doing so we keep walking forward and allow\u00a0it\u00a0to be revealed.<\/p>\n

In health,<\/p>\n

Safara<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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