Loving Life As It Is
Day 17: Accepting your circumstances as they are brings you peace
Flipping huckleberry pancakes was a joyful part of my journey this morning. Yesterday evening I had noticed that our berry bushes had enough berries on them to make some pancakes. I had such fun picking berries last night. I brought a little bowl out with me and even sat down on the ground to find more berries. What abundance! What a delight! It was like a beautiful meditation in nature.
I then told my husband and my son that there would be pancakes the next morning. It brought back lovely memories of camping, where I would save all of the berries for pancakes. Delighting in the ordinary in life is part of this path I am on for 100 days, discovering the wonder in my spirit by sharing what I am learning in the book The Infinite Self by Stuart Wilde.
To transcend to the graceful beauty of the Infinite Self requires you to take responsibility for yourself. Once you do, you’ll see that the pain you suffer comes from your reaction to life’s circumstances, not from the circumstances themselves. By changing the way you react, you enter into a spiritual appreciation of life, and a beauty and contentment that is not available in the world of the ego. -Stuart Wilde
I found this so very true this morning. I could have felt rushed because it is a lot more work to make pancakes and a lot more dishes than I usually do on a weekday. My son was anxiously awaiting the pancakes so I asked him to set the table. Yes, it took me longer to get chores done this morning. Yes, I sat down to write a little bit later. I could have been upset about these circumstances, however I felt delighted that this morning we got to enjoy those pancakes together.
As I go further on this journey of the spirit I am noticing myself slowing down. I am noticing life as one step at a time. When I am doing dishes I am noticing things. When I am writing I am on this particular line. I am starting to fall in love with the way things are. Now is the time to do what I promised to do today. Tomorrow may be different. Tomorrow will be there to tell me later. Today is here and it is beautiful.
This was not always so for me. And it may not be this way for me tomorrow as I must always strengthen my spirit every day to remain on the path. I am a human being, and I am not perfect. However, each step that I take on this joyful path I find myself growing into my spirit. Not long ago I was worried about people signing up for some offerings that I had. Each time, I received just what I needed. I now see that if I set an intention and just love what is, I will always know that I will have exactly what is needed for me at that time.
I find myself doing my daily work, and then letting go and trusting. There is no need to push, to struggle. I can be in the flow. I can make good on my promises and then let go. I can put my words, teachings and love out into the universe and let go. I can walk the path and know that the next step is waiting for me out there.
Recently, I started working on a project. I found it to be something that I knew would be useful for me to do, but I found myself struggling with it every time I worked on it. I didn’t feel in flow. I didn’t understand the project very well. I didn’t know the next step to take. I was wondering if I was resisting something. The answers that kept coming up for me were to let it go. See if it was right for me later, or never. So, I let it go. I went back to my original plan of focusing on only two things that I had set out to do. I felt better. Just enjoying what I have right now, being grateful for it and knowing that if that project is meant to be, if I am able to clearly see the next step later, I will try it again. If not, I can let it go.
Start by seeing this place, this earth, this life, as beautiful, and see yourself as beautiful. Know and trust that all is well with the world. The current state of societies and our humanity is an outcropping of our eternal evolution as spiritual beings. -Stuart Wilde
I love this idea of seeing everything as it is as beautiful. Loving what is. Loving that we get to be here. Loving that we get to learn each day. Loving that we are here to grow. Loving that we get to help and teach each other. Loving that we get to share our message and our hope.
I am loving that I get to wake up each day and do my daily practice. I find it beautiful in its simplicity. Making life simpler and loving what is brings so much joy to my heart. If one thing happens, that’s right. If another happens, that’s right. I can trust and I can know that if I listen to my inner knowing I will take the next step that will lead me to where I need to go.
There will be tests of my resolve along the way. There will be challenges. There will be heartbreak sometimes. However, knowing that I have a daily practice and a step to take each day brings me into a beautiful acceptance of life that creates peace in my entire being. With that peace I am able to serve and help others with compassion and caring from deep in my soul.
Roam around your house and say, “This is right.” At work say, “This is right at this moment. Tomorrow it my change.” Wander mentally around your life, and make each and every situation right and holy. Tomorrow it may change, but right now it is perfect. -Stuart Wilde
My prayer and intention for you today is that you love what is. Trust that today is perfect. Know that tomorrow may be different but you are in the now. You are here today. You have something to share with us. You have a gift to give. Right where you are right now is perfect. It is love and so are you.
What circumstance in your life can you find to be beautiful today?
I am tagging my fellow writers here who are following along on this journey so that I may share this path with them: Aurora Eliam, CMP, Michele Thill, Sumera Rizwan, Chowa Sekai, Rasheed Hooda, Henery X (long), Terry Mansfield, Amy Marley, Charlotte Zobeir Ali, Taha Abbas, Dr John Rose, Typewriter, Gurpreet Dhariwal, Suntonu Bhadra, KeepingItRealWithAnnick and many more! Thank you Illumination Family!
Trista Signe Ainsworth is a professional organizer with Joyful Minimalism. She helps working women clear the clutter, overwhelm, and shame from their homes and lives so that they can truly live in joy.
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