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Today's
Meditation:
How
much less stressful would life be if we were to let things
be as they are, without trying all the time to influence
them? If we weren't to try to make them what we want them to
be? Let the birds fly away when they want to, and
you can enjoy their company fully right here, right
now. Allow the birds to do as they please, not as
you wish, and you spare yourself the extra stress that
comes when we try to make others do our bidding or fulfill
our wishes.
In
our society, we're taught not just to hang on to things,
but to fear losing them. We so often try to
influence things that we really shouldn't try to
influence. When we try to talk someone into doing
something that we want them to do, there's suddenly more
stress in both their lives and in ours. When a
friend comes into our lives, we have to keep in mind that
the time probably will come when that friend or another
will leave, too, and we have to be okay with that if we're
to allow life to be life and other people to be
themselves.
What
"way" is this person talking about? The
way of life, the way of existing in this world as a truly
unique individual who respects life and all that it has to
give us-- and all that life needs to take away when the
time is right. We can save ourselves plenty of agony
and heartache by simply realizing that to everything there
is a season, and seasons must come to an end to make way
for the next season.
Life
is what life is, and it's a much lighter load to
experience it for all its joy and trials than it is to try
to control life and try to make it into what we think it
should be. After all, life knows what is best for it
and for us, and we know very little when all is said and
done. Living the way, allowing life to be what it is
without trying to unduly influence it, may be one of the
true paths to enlightenment, that state in which we feel
at peace and which so many of us long to reach.
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