This morning I
feel, really, really happy. I feel in balance, I feel at ease (soldier), I feel
a great expanse of space in my mind, in my heart, in my body and in the space
around me. I know why I feel like this, I also know why I don’t feel like this
all the time. There are many little reasons (tired or such) for the days that I
don’t feel like this and there is one big reason. I also know I am not alone in
this, I’d bet that your one big reason is the same as my own. I’m writing this
down, I’m sharing it with you because I want to remind not just me, I want to
remind you also. I want to give you permission to get over this one big reason.
I think we all need all the help we can get with this one.
It’s about being
overburdened, it’s all about taking on too much, and it’s all about trying to
get ahead. Yes, it’s all about trying to get ahead or is that… a head? At
almost 42 years of age I know my motivators for overburdening myself because I
know myself pretty well. I can, at times, take on too much because I have a
good and generous heart and I want to help people, animals, the planet, even
Angels. In fact, I’ll help just about anything and anyone. I will stop what I
am doing to save a bee or a worm on the road. I can, at times, take on too much
because I feel I need to, should do, have to because I am almost constantly
looking to be productive/useful. I love the way I am, I love that I love to
help and I love that I love being productive, that’s me! However, even these
gorgeous qualities leave a nasty taste in my mouth when to them is added being
focussed on the result because this is what causes the overburdened business.
Here’s how I have
(am) fixing it so that I have far, far more days feeling as I do today. Because
as they say ‘what do you expect, the world to change for your peace of mind? Change
yourself.’
Being totally
honest with myself (and with you now), totally honest, I realised that the reason
I wanted to help someone/something, the reason I wanted to be productive was because I was focussed on the result. I
would (and sometimes still do) add and add to my list of things to do and to be
if I thought it was going to get me closer to my expected result. In your head,
picture a small woman that is now bent over with the weight of the load she is
carrying. She can hardly see the road that lays in front of her because she is
carrying such a weight she can only manage to put one foot in front of the
other and she can see only the road at her feet… not the sky, anymore. Poor thing.
The most powerful action I took to help me
shake off my burdens was to stop being focussed on my expected result, and I instead
enjoyed what I was doing just for the sake of it.
When the need to
achieve a certain result is taken away you have all the time in the world, when
you feel you have all the time in the world the burden is lifted. Suddenly
there is no finish line you need to rush to. There is no push, the rush is
gone. First a feeling of deep relief
rushes in and is followed by the feeling of relaxation.
“Rather than focussing on the finish line,
my expected result, I am free to do the best I can. I am free to enjoy what I am
doing, I am free to be present.”
When I realised
this, truly realised this, a weight heavier than Mt Everest was lifted off my
shoulders. The thought ‘I don’t need to worry about the result, all I need to
do is my best (and enjoy) THIS moment,
THIS action’ is perhaps one of the most powerful thoughts I have. I don’t need
to do my best to get a certain result, I don’t need to do my best to impress
someone else, I don’t need to do my best for any other reason other than to
enjoy the doing, the action. That IS ALL,I realised, I need to do. I just need
to do my best at enjoying myself as I live this moment focussed in the action
of this moment alone.
This isn’t selfish, nor is it foolhardy, it’s honest and it’s real and it gives me/you energy rather than zapping it
away from us. This way of thinking spells an end to the career of the dis-eased
juggler of life! This way of thinking will have me/you doing a far, far better
job of things I can assure you. Rather
than overburden yourself, rather than take on too much, rather than trying to
get ahead try surrendering to the moment instead. Give enjoying the moment and
what you are doing (regardless of what that is) a go. Trust in the moment,
trust that even if you do let go a bit things will work out. Cease with the
thought that you are the doer, that you are responsible for everything and all
results. Hand that all over to God/Divine Mother/Life.
When you let life flow
through you by not overburdening yourself with the stress of results you will
find life will flow through you freely. I’m sorry I can’t do this for you, I
really am. You need to do this for yourself. You need to trust for yourself and
you need to trust that your action in each moment when done with in an energy
of surrender and for enjoyment will result in you feeling happy, open and free.
What are you waiting for? Are you ready to let go of this one big reason for
feeling overburdened?
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