FAITH MONTH: DAY 20: “When you get to the end of all the light you know and it’s time to step into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing that one of two things shall happen: either you will be given something solid to stand on, or you will be taught how to fly.” ― Edward Teller
Here is the reminder. There is NOTHING to fear…NOTHING to worry about…NOTHING you can do to “figure it out”.
Thinking about your life will NEVER create anything. Why? Because ALL the information you have in this minute comes from your past, even if that past is five seconds ago. How on Earth could that help you unfold this new moment? IT CANNOT.
So, you need to let go of mind and walk with heart wide open into the new. Don’t figure it out, don’t plan it, just walk. The more you can let go of your thinking (crazy, screaming purple monkey) mind, the happier you will be. Leave the two-tons of shit throwing monkeys by the side of the road and move on. Just get on with the living you have kept yourself from.
When we read The Promises, they do NOT talk about you will be able to figure your life out. That your mind will become a friendly place. Nowhere does recovery make that promise to you. Why? Because you have to SMASH the ego! Yeah, that’s right.
Your thinking, so-called logical mind is NOT your ally. Not now, not ever. It will tell you the most insane and horrible lies. And if you live according to THAT, you will begin to hate yourself and your life beyond repair.
So, we wake up in faith that there is a plan and we DO NOT KNOW what it is. Okay. And we get up and get dressed and do what the day holds in store for us. As they used to say in the good old days around here, we move into the next right thing.
Life will present us with all we need, moment by moment, to live well and fully, the life we came here to live. I always wanted an email or Fax from the Universe so I could have the right shoes on for the day, but it has NEVER happened.
I can honestly say that I have, with or without the right shoes, had an amazing time! I dare the Universe to show up, and it has not failed once. What does NOT happen, is that it will NOT show up according to my time schedule. Oh!
And then I know that the timing of the Universe is so damned perfect that we have tried to invent time pieces to track it, and we are still off and had to throw in an extra day every 4 years to make up the difference.
That is perfect timing. I don’t have it. I want everything in place BEFORE I need it. I want a stash of time and reassurances. I do NOT get them. What happens instead is that I get to learn to time my life according to the Universe that gives it to me.
I don’t try to live faster than the Universe any more. This means I have to slow my damned Screaming Purple Monkeys (SPM) down…way down…and turn down the volume more often so I can just enjoy the shit outta my life. So, I do, and I DO!
This is so damned simple, and we keep making it all such drama…wears me out…and then I can sit down and just BE. I love just Being…what I really came here for, after all. Oh!
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