Life has an amazing way of bringing you things you never dreamed of. The only catch... you have to be willing to let go of things that are holding the space that it wants to fill for you.
I recently made a personal resolution to put a situation to peace in my heart and soul, and truly let it go. It's always easy to hold on to things. It gives us a false sense of control, and calms the fear that if we don't hold on, something will slip away. The reality in life is, there is very little we have the power to hold onto. Life only guarantees one thing, change.
As humans who experience life through our feelings, change is a living breathing threat to the life we are conditioned to live. We have grown an averse reaction to discomfort to the point that we build invisible boxes around our world. Falsely believing that we have the power to control our environment so as to keep things stable and comfortable. I recently read a piece that spoke of a dog with an invisible fence. What if that dog could learn to tolerate the discomfort of his electronic collar? What if it realized that the collar itself has no power to actually harm it? The world would then be open to his hearts content.
We choose to sit within our own boundaries more often then not in life. We build invisible walls and boundaries, lay rules and expectations in a futile effort to create certainty, therefore comfort. While this certainly can still produce a happy life, what if it could have been happier?
The same can be said for love. What if we could learn to embrace the discomfort of vulnerability. To break down the invisible walls which represent the unwritten rules about love? Open our hearts and know that there is a limitless potential to fill ourselves with love if only we will step outside our comfort zone...
In life, we take the same steps when we let go of the things we hold onto because they are familiar, comfortable. The jobs that weigh us down, but guarantee us income, the relationship that keeps us company but doesn't fulfill us. What if we could take a step and peak beyond the electric fence, let go of the discomfort of the fear of whether or not we will succeed or find what we are looking for. What if we stopped trying to figure out what that is altogether and instead embraced and experienced everything with the awe and wonder of a child who bravely faces everything as a first without fear or apprehension.
Let's get uncomfortable and see beyond the walls of what we already know and explore the wonder of what we have yet to discover.
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