The art of living

Daily Gratitude: What a wise saying. Too bad it’s not that easy to live. It would be great though if we could just accept things as they appear, realize that whatever it is, it’s meant to help us grow, and rejoice in that lesson. If we adopt “everything always works out for me”, then it’s easier to realize that whatever it is that’s happening really is what’s best. It may not be so obvious right away but I have learned that eventually it will show itself to have been the best thing. I still marvel at the fact that although I wanted to be a neurosurgeon from a very early age, the universe knew much sooner than I did that that wasn’t where I was meant to be. But since I, like most humans, was a control freak and of course “I knew what was best for me”, it had to take significant action to keep me from pursuing what would have been an unhappy career. So I developed epilepsy. I couldn’t be a neurosurgeon (or any kind of surgeon) so I had to find something else to do. The funnier part is that it took many years and attempts at many different things to finally land where I could do the most good. And boy was that a far cry from neurosurgery. Ha ha. If we’d just remind ourselves that we don’t know everything and we don’t have all the answers and put our faith in the universe, we’re liable to make it to our true destiny a lot sooner. Think about how important control is in your life. Can you let go of some of it? If not, why not? Look back over your life and see how your holding on to control has influenced it – either in a good way or a not so good way. Can you change that?