Today I was reflecting on something I heard years ago. It stays with me because it is so contradictory to what we normally think.
Think about a trying time in your life, or a moment when things were about to be at their worst. Imagine for a moment that that thing/event had a rope tied around it. Now think about your natural reaction to those things going wrong. When things go bad our first thought is to hold on tighter. For me it was always the same, I held on tighter. We take comfort in holding on thinking that it gives us some sort of control...thinking that anyway.
But I heard an approach that really hit something inside me.
What if I just let go?
Crazy, right?
What if I stopped focusing so hard on the problem, and just continued to be? What if holding on to the rope tighter was only making things worse for myself?
I'm trying to let go.
Till tomorrow
~ SB
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