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Are you living the life that is waiting for you?

March 26, 2015 By Sandra 22 Comments

We’ve all done it.

At some point in our lives for some reason we’ve secretly walked around wishing that life could be different.

But where does that get us?

Lost in the land of if’s, but’s and maybe’s, held captive and visionless by endless thoughts and feelings of resentment and longing… that’s where.

If life has thrown you curve ball after curve ball and you feel you have no choice but to walk the path circumstance has laid before you with little or no choice, how do you continue on without losing your soul along the way; without losing the essence of you ?

Willing life

Sometimes we really need to be willing  to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

Willing  being the key word… life waiting for us  being the key fact.

Finding yourself blown off your desired well plotted course floundering between where you are now and where you long to be, there really is nothing else to do but be willing  to let go; willing  to let go of the resentment for life not being what you want right now; willing  to let go of the longing of what you wish it should be.

In turning to face the life now waiting for you with curiosity and willingness, what have you to lose?

Only the bitterness that will decay your soul through resentment and the crippling blindness of longing for different refusing you clarity of revelation that lay waiting before you to experience.

It may not be easy.

Some days it may not be pretty.

But more than likely it will be meaningful and of value… and always waiting.

So are you willing  to live the life that is waiting for you?

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  1. Emily @ Have A Laugh On Me says

    March 26, 2015 at 4:40 pm

    It’s the internal dialogue that we all face every day and yes it’s tough but most of the time I believe I’m on the right track!

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    • Sandra says

      March 26, 2015 at 9:41 pm

      You are right… it is such an on-going internal dialogue and it is a tough one. Belief in the value of your direction helps hush the doubt monster don’t you think? Thanks for stopping by 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  2. Sonia Life Love Hiccups says

    March 26, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    I am willing.. not always happy about it but I trust in the belief that what should be – will be. It helps too to know that within pretty much every shitty thing that has ever happened to me in the past, lay a silver lining. It sometimes just takes a little while to see it. xx

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    • Sandra says

      March 26, 2015 at 9:44 pm

      That silver lining is sometimes only a dull glow, but yes, it is there if we dare to look. Thanks for sharing and stopping by Sonia 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  3. Jodi Gibson (JF Gibson Writer) says

    March 27, 2015 at 8:43 pm

    Sometimes we really need to be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us.

    One word: YES!

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    • Sandra says

      March 27, 2015 at 11:20 pm

      When that time arrives and you take a peak you realise new possibilities. It’s still scary for me at the moment but I’m willing to take a peak. Thanks so much for stopping by Jodi 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  4. Allison Tait says

    March 27, 2015 at 9:37 pm

    I’m more than willing to give it a whirl. 🙂

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    • Sandra says

      March 27, 2015 at 11:29 pm

      And sometimes that’s all it takes… and a little courage to take a peak down the path. Thanks so much for stopping by Alison. 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  5. Deb @ Inner Compass Designs says

    March 27, 2015 at 9:54 pm

    This is what I finally learned as acceptance – releasing my expectations and trusting what comes forth, living the life I am meant to live even if it is different to the one in my imagination. In the end it is better than my original idea anyway

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    • Sandra says

      March 27, 2015 at 11:36 pm

      Nice that you are in a place of acceptance – trusting what comes forth is a big hurdle to often get over isn’t it? At least these last few years have been for me. Thanks for stopping by. Xx

      Reply
  6. Robyna says

    March 27, 2015 at 9:56 pm

    So much good stuff comes when we are open to new things and willing to let other things go.

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    • Sandra says

      March 28, 2015 at 11:13 am

      You are so right Robyna! Letting go for me often takes more time than it should but I’m working on it! Thanks for stopping by 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  7. Mumma McD says

    March 27, 2015 at 10:50 pm

    I used to plan everything meticulously & then come completely undone when things didn’t go as planned. Now I try to go with the flow & just let the universe guide me!

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    • Sandra says

      March 27, 2015 at 11:52 pm

      Taking each day as it comes used to be my motto… I feel it coming back again. I’m gald you have been able to let go of the planning and be kind to yourself. Thanks for stopping by Mumma McD Xx 🙂

      Reply
  8. Denyse says

    March 28, 2015 at 8:10 am

    This is a very relevant and thoughtful post. I am now finding at age 65 that there is no more ‘waiting to live the life’ you want. THIS is IT. So I am making the changes to old thinking and going into this new world of retirement and new places to live (we have moved early this year) with as much of a sense of adventure as I can. it has not been easy and I have struggled (still) but I would not go back! Onward, as Kim Berry would say! Denyse

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    • Sandra says

      March 28, 2015 at 11:10 am

      Hi there Denyse! Good on you… change can be really scary so I admire you embarking on your new life with a sense of adventure as much as you can. I wish you courage. Thanks for stopping by 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  9. Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid says

    March 28, 2015 at 4:47 pm

    Yes, yes, yes! Like Elsa says in Frozen, you just have to let it go. It’s up to us to make the best of the life we have, because it’s the only one we get! It’s just a matter of being open to the universe instead of trying to change it.

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    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2015 at 9:42 pm

      For me, after diagnosis and treatment, I wanted everything to go back to life as I knew it… but it was long gone. So many circumstances had changed around me and moved forward. I’m learning now to go with it and look ahead at what may lie before me. Thanks for stopping by Sammie 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  10. Kelly Exeter says

    March 30, 2015 at 8:22 am

    As a control freak I find this so hard. But at the start of last year I made a promise to myself that I would learn to relax more about the fact that there is only so much I could control. And thank god … because oh, the challenges since then!!

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    • Sandra says

      April 1, 2015 at 9:51 pm

      The challenges keep rolling by like those dumping storms hey Kel. I didn’t realise how much I liked to be in control of everything until I couldn’t be due to illness. Sometimes all we can do is let go, face the path and take a step. Thanks for stopping by Kelly 🙂 Xx

      Reply
  11. Katherine says

    April 16, 2015 at 10:07 am

    This is so, so true, Sandra! Absolutely love this post and your blog. Great stuff xx

    Reply
    • Sandra says

      April 16, 2015 at 1:27 pm

      Thank you Katherine! And thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and leave your lovely comment. 🙂 Xx

      Reply

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