Sometimes the greatest aspects of life are those that we are not exactly planning. Many people talk about enjoying the small and simple things, but what does that really mean? I feel that people just say that because they know that it's true but they don't really know what it is themselves. We hear things such as:
"Stop and smell the roses."
"Savor the flavor."
"Take life one day at a time."
"Be yourself."
And though the general idea about these comments is clear enough, I know there is some poor guy who is going out and is literally smelling what he thinks are roses. There's just something more to each of these statements that just needs to be realized and that is to consciously decide to let yourself go. We feel that with our most intimate desires we can govern how each moment of every day will turn out and that we are the sole providers of our experiences, and though that may be rational to some extent, when other attributes are added, it is impossible to maintain that rationality.
Letting go is another one of those straight-forward sounding comments and my goal is to extinguish the ambiguity that may exist in what my interpretation may be and set my singularity. As human beings we want to know what is going to happen. There is an innate fear present within us that cannot handle the unknown or copes with it by attaching ourselves to some hope that things will get better, and that hope is good. It allows us to relax. But what do we do when everything is crumbling beneath our feet, when we have too much going on, or when we absolutely have lost control of our lives? Simply let go. Stop trying to handle everything and just begin doing things as they come. It doesn't mean that you should stop applying effort to parts of your life, but rather you should try to stop planning how things are going to work out.
I could have never thought that I would be where I am right now even a month ago, that things would be so drastically different as my expectations for the future. There came a moment when I made a conscious decision to take a chance, let fate work a little for me and show me a possibility for a change that I never anticipated. As it happens things worked out for the best and I've never been happier. Good things happen to each of us as long as we are willing to look past our own expectations and see the wonderful underworkings of each moment.
Someone once complained to me, "It's funny how things never work out." And I quickly rebutted, "No, it's funny how they always do."
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