Letting in the Blessings from Flow

I’ve landed yet again, this time in a house I’ll be renting in Taos for at least a year, though if my purchase goes thru I may turn this one into a short term rental while I go live in my own house. Choices.

And speaking of choices, someone asked me the darnedest question the other day, and I realized that for the first time in my life I don’t have to pursue any particular set of choices. I can actually let what comes, come. This has always been true. But now I actually know it to be true.

The question was, “Is there anything you want that you don’t have?” To which my answer was, after considerable reflection, “No.”

Well of course I want peace and prosperity for all beings. I want all sorts of things for the world at large. But is there anything just for me personally that I feel I lack? No.

As someone who decided what college she was going to at 12 and spent her teen years dedicated solely to making it so, this is revolutionary! To not feel like I have to strategize, plan, work, etc. toward some set of goals. To take what comes in stride and let each moment be a discovery. This is the opposite of how my life started.

The Time of Stopping

Basically I’ve come to a cessation point, while still being active in connecting with others around the use of my skills and theirs. I seem to be collecting people who are in a position to focus primarily on how good for the world can flow through them, instead of focusing on how they can make it happen (for self or other).

Yesterday I made a decision that set in motion a cascade of altered plans for me and others. At times I was a bit worried that I would inconvenience someone, miss out on something, etc., but I kept returning to a center in this sense of stillness and trust in the flow.

And somehow not only did everything get done as it needed to and when it needed to, but some unexpected blessings also found their way in for me and others as a result.

What are you blocking?

What if incredible things were trying to flow through your life to benefit you and/or others, but you just weren’t leaving enough space in your schedule to let them in? What if there were all sorts of chance meetings with strangers who would become life changing friends, collaborators and such, that weren’t happening because you kept choosing to plan so tightly and “keep your word?”

Being reliable is important, which is why you should fill your life with people who get the blessing of flow, so include your responding to that as part of being reliable for them. They know that they can trust that if a great benefit to someone relies on your changing your plans with them instead of doggedly clinging to what you first said you would do, you will do what is best for all.

Is there anyone in your life who appreciates that about you?

Are you that flexible, understanding friend for someone else?

Do you even give yourself this depth of freedom and trust?

So here’s today’s reminder that blessing really is always trying to make its way to you. Your #1 job is getting better and better at letting it in.