STAYING FLEXIBLE IN YOUR PLANS

While it’s often a good idea to have a plan for what you want in life, it’s equally important to remember that plans can change.

The one thing we can be sure of is that in our journey through life things will arise and try to throw us off balance, making our original road tough to follow. Often life goes in a direction we couldn’t have imagined. The question then becomes, how do we react when this happens? Are we open to seeing that life had better plans for us than we did? Or do we lament the past, thinking that things could have been better if only this or that had not occurred?

Part of enjoying the life we have now is giving up the idea of what we thought we wanted in the past, because we no longer want it.

Practice

With awareness today, look at any remaining stories you have about what “could have been” in your life. If you don’t have any lingering stories or regrets, that’s wonderful. If you do, I invite you to release them, because the life you have right now is the perfect one for you.

Living a Life of Awareness

~ Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.