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 ?
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?
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!
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
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
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
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!
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
I’m more than willing to give it a whirl. 🙂
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
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
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
So much good stuff comes when we are open to new things and willing to let other things go.
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
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!
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 🙂
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
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
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.
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
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!!
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
This is so, so true, Sandra! Absolutely love this post and your blog. Great stuff xx
Thank you Katherine! And thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and leave your lovely comment. 🙂 Xx