Sitting

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“Oh that’s stupid!!!” ‘You better get up and do something.’ The number of times I have said this to myself is beyond numbers. Even while meditating (ha ha) the thought would come ‘You don’t have time to be sitting still. Girl you dun lost your ever-loving mind!’ But SIT – I had to. Recently I was reminded of the Faith of our animals. A friend was describing his scenery of squirrels jumping from here to there, branch to branch. As he observed he said, “It amazes me how they jump on the smallest branch and keep going.” “WOW” was my response. We humans are always looking for a tree trunk before we take the first step or move in another direction. The animals are some of our best teachers of life and trust. Now, whenever I consider the walls to be collapsing all around and over me- I relinquish everything and SIT! The length of time varies from a few moments to days to weeks and even months. The deeper the opportunity, the longer I SIT,canada goose outlet (http://www.cheapgooseoutlet.com)! As for me, a person trained and conditioned on goal setting, firmly associated with daily to-do,Canada Goose Parka (http://www.cheapgooseoutlet.com), no make that hourly to-do lists, well it ain’t been easy. I prided myself on accomplishments that were measured by the to-do lists. I learned numerous methodologies to track my successes. Maybe the one I enjoyed the most involved color coding by priority or upon completion. This was a different way of tracking my time and it was very colorful and I believe that is what me like it so much. There is nothing wrong with to-do lists; I used them for years with great achievement of some very worthy goals. Just in case the lists no longer excite nor ignite nor invigorate you, you are perhaps beyond this task. Currently, I sit and become still. Sometimes I soak in a salt bath, other times I sit on the floor or lay in the bed. And some times I play games on the computer. This may sound foolish to you. Well here’s why it works for me. As I play games on the computer and being such a competitive player I get completely caught up in the game. My mind cannot stray away to my worries or concerns. My mind is totally involved in winning the game on the computer. So even if it looks like I’m wasting time, which is what I told myself repeatedly, I am not. I am actually more focused and my mind has been given an opportunity to rest from its constant thought processes. I had a friend to tell me recently that he is glad he is not me because it appeared that my mind was always involved in some heavy thinking. I laughed because he is right and that is the reason the computer is so therapeutic for me. The most profound challenges I faced were solved during one of these computer games. The right action to take to solve a situation or the right person to contact became the perfect resource. Some very silly thoughts (my analogy – of course) proved to be extremely important and beneficial to the current situations in my life. Sitting – oh the fear of not ‘doing’ some thing. I experienced anxiety attacks, nervous skin rashes and outbreaks, restlessness and fear. Sitting proves itself over and over again in my life and in the lives of many of my friends who can and will sit with a challenge in their life. By waiting it out, the negative emotions subsided and eventually left me. I trust the Power of the stillness, the blessings of stopping activity and being still while I SIT! Divine DetourHave you ever had your vision set on one goal, only to arrive somewhere else or that certain destination is not available to you?I have learned to call those times, Divine Detours! It seems I always end at a place for greater understanding and higher learning. Situations and people that provide me with a greater opportunity to experience life are always at the detour! Certainly there are more lessons in the blessings.So next time you aim for a particular goal or are maneuvering to a certain destination and it appears difficult to reach it – Look for the lessons that life has for you. Receive the opulent unexpected blessings!God is truly blessing you, even though it may not look the way you envisioned it.Give THANKS and proceed on the new opened path (and have some FUN).