You Can Trust Your Life!

13th May, 2009 - Posted by Maude -

Byron Katie says, “Everything happens for me not to me.” This is a radical thought. What if everything in my life is happening in exactly the way that is for my highest good? What would that mean for my tenseness, my worry, my fear? How would I live my life if I believed that everything that is happening is a gift just for me?

I would certainly feel nurtured by my life if I believed this to be true.

Here at Maude’s we haven’t been writing to you much lately. There is a great temptation then to think we’re not moving towards our goal of opening the shop. There is a great temptation to worry about this.

“We aren’t doing enough.”

“We’ll never build enough traffic to the website if we don’t spend lots of time on it right now.”

“This is a big job and we have to work hard on it.”

“We’re not working hard enough.”

“We’re never going to get the shop open at this rate.”

But what if not writing for the past two months was the perfect thing for us and all of you? Hmmmm . . . .What if we’re on the perfect path right now? Well, that changes everything, doesn’t it. In that case, there is no need to worry.

The fact is, we’ve been doing other work, working very hard, and putting money in the bank towards the expense of opening the shop. We don’t want to take on unnecessary debt and then go out of business after the first bump in the business road. So maybe all the work towards the shop is good work. Maybe everything is fine.

Ram Dass says “The next message you need is always right where you are.”

If that’s true, and let’s assume it is, then the answer to how to manifest our nourishing the people and opening our shop is right in front of us. Maybe the best nourishment we can give other people right now is to share our own lives honestly and bravely. And the shop will either open or it won’t. But in the meantime we can relax and enjoy our lives exactly as they are. We can write this post instead of just thinking about it. No need to feel afraid of not doing this perfectly. We can just do it as we do.

Hmmmm . . . .

Let’s take this one step further. Rob Brezsny has written a book entitled Pronoia is the Antidote to Paranoia: How the Whole World is Conspiring to Shower You With Blessings. Wait, the whole world is conspiring to shower me with blessings? This is a magnificent thought! This book is a veritable storehouse of techniques to bring us back to this same truth. What a lovely place to live from - being showered with blessings. We heartily recommend you read this book over and over, as many times as it is helpful. That could be quite a lot.

When the world becomes a constant barrage of worry and fear, living in the confidence of good becomes a radical act. We invite you to share in this radical stance!

“Reach out! Take a chance! Get hurt even! Play as well as you can. Go, team, go!

Give me an L!

Give me an I!

Give me a V!

Give me an E!

L-I-V-E

Live!

Otherwise, you got nothing to talk about in the locker room.”

Here at Maude’s we invite you to trust your life. It might just be the most radical, most nourishing thing you can do. That and actually get enough sleep. But more about that later.

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