Often in life, we find ourselves challenged by our circumstances. Our first reaction is to change the situation, what can I do to change it, make it go back to one that I know will make me happy. We fight it, resist it, and become desperate to change it. There is conflict. After days of distress and trouble and pushing and pulling, you realize I am wasting my time. Its not going anywhere. The storm is here and you are in it. The only way is through it the way it is. Let it flow through you, pass you. And when that realization comes, you smile. Happiness arises from complete acceptance of the situation. Don't work to change it, just let it be. It doesn't come easy for our minds to not resist forces of change, but when you stop, your mind relaxes in the worst of times, and you find peace which you seek. Your anger and frustration is replaced by compassion and warmth and positive feelings. You feel like the tall tree weathering the storm and just letting it pass. Feeling the drops of rain on your skin, the wind rustling your leaves and you stand and feel the power of it. But no reaction, you just stand. Isn't that what its all about....learning to accept and sail through storms....
(Image courtesy of Pannett art gallery : http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/sailing-ships-in-a-storm-10028)
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