Are you fighting, efforting, and exhausting yourself to make something happen in a particular area of your life and it is just not working? Are you feeling frustrated and somewhat defeated? We think that if we can just exert more of our might and will, somehow we will be able to fix whatever we have determined needs to be changed with us, or our situation. 

If we are struggling to make something in our life be a certain way and it is not cooperating…that is our self-will.  Frustrating and sad as it may be, some situations will never change to our shear will and force. 

How do I know if I am trying to control something or someone?  If I am trying to force a change to anything or anybody, I am trying to control.

When I am trying to control or change some circumstance, or someone else’s behavior I am not going with the natural flow of life.  And contrary to what my intellect believes, control does not make things change.  What I resist seems to persist…darn it.   

Centered Action

Take a moment to turn your attention to another area of your life that needs your attention. It may be a friend, a family member or colleague. It may be a project that’s been left incomplete. It may be that stack of papers that never gets handled. It may be making a healthy choice like taking a break to go for a walk.

You may be asking how you can possibly take the time to turn your attention in a completely different direction when you feel overwhelmed trying to get things handled that obviously need to get handled.  The Universe will proceed without any effort on your part…and what you are doing isn’t working anyway. 

Give yourself a recharge break.  Realize that you are perfect and your life is perfectly flowing as it needs, to resolve any issues and teach any lessons…for you and for others.  And you hold a significant and useful purpose in the world – just as you are and just as the world is – without any changes.  Step back from the conflict.

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Keep the Faith, Clean up the messes in Your Path, Give to Someone Else,

And Be Your Most Magnificent Self…

Jody D.