June 4
I do not need to force the unfolding. I only need to participate and trust.
June 4
Healing cannot be rushed.
Peace cannot be demanded.
But when I become willing, I create space for both.
I am learning that trust is not a destination I someday arrive at.
It is a practice.
A returning.
Again and again, I return.
Spirit often speaks most clearly in stillness.
In pauses.
In waiting.
In quiet nudges.
In moments where I finally admit:
I don’t know.
I am learning that wisdom is not found in blaming myself or blaming others.
Wisdom asks me to lovingly take responsibility for my part and release what is not mine.
We are all doing the best we can with what we know.
And as we learn, we grow.
I do not have to walk this life alone.
There are gifts hidden everywhere, even in difficult waters.
There are diamonds beneath the surface.
There are teachers inside challenges.
Today I remember to pause before speaking and acting.
To ask:
Is it thoughtful?
Is it honest?
Is it necessary?
Is it kind?
I am also willing to forgive myself for forgetting that I was never meant to carry everything.
I was never meant to control every outcome.
I was never meant to know every answer.
Life is bigger than me.
Spirit is moving in ways I cannot always see.
And perhaps what I think I need is sometimes much smaller than what is trying to arrive.
I do not need to force the river.
I do not need to grip so tightly.
I can soften.
I can participate.
I can trust.
I can allow life to meet me halfway.
The beginning is always now.
And sometimes change simply asks me to begin again.
And again.
And again.
Grounding Questions
What am I gripping tightly today that may be asking for trust instead?
What would change if I believed I did not have to carry this alone?
