Did you ever have the experience where you felt stuck and almost caged, your patience beyond tested? Or possibly you went into something expecting to experience it one way, relaxed and uplifted, but instead, you had an unpleasant time, feeling restless and anything but what you had anticipated. Frustration and disappointment, how can this be? After all the meditations, the positivity, the evolved thinking, how can this be?
The expectation of the ego - not getting what you want or think you need or losing what you have. The ego sees it one way - something went wrong, or something is wrong with you. This experience, whichever one it is, is not good. How quickly can you move past it? You reach and try to change it into something else.
The Soul sees it in a whole different way. The experience is that of contrast. The Divine's way of allowing you to learn and feel the full spectrum of what your truth is. Having these experiences cultivates and strengthens you to learn to trust yourself. It is an opportunity to build and design your own compass. Own your truth, honor your truth, and live your truth.
In the moments of frustration, disappointment, confusion, I step outside. I become one with the rain, one with the grass, one with the sky. There is no separation, I become one with Nature. I stop and stand still and I take a breath and listen. In a moment's time, I am shifted. For I AM whole and you are too. And when you truly know this, a sense of relief washes over you. You are free to be YOU. You have always been. The only thing that keeps you from this Truth is you.
Remember, the Light always finds a way through the fog.
"If we take care of Nature, Nature will take care of us." -David Attenborough
