Where there was once order, there is now chaos. It’s just like that.
Life.
My favorite author of living beautifully is Pema Chodron… love what she says:
We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is things don’t really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again.
So true isn’t it? Our lives are constantly transforming and evolving. Even when routines are in place, and things seem orderly (among the multitasking and over-scheduling), is j u s t about the time it all gets disrupted; turned on its head.
We hear some bad news, get grumpy in a parking lot, or we feel shitty about some event that happened, and we get all caught up (hooked) in the story line behind it. The “he said, she said, he did, she did, excuses, misinterpretations, frustrations and bad feelings” hook us and put us on the edge. Most of the time all that stuff is just unnecessary aggression because people are generally good with kind hearts. But we forget that when things get topsy turvy.
Our biggest problems are the ones we create for ourselves.
If we just practice looking at the situation or problem that has stirred up all the chaos, acknowledging it for what it is, and moving on (when we’re ready) with a fresh perspective and rededicated mindfulness to try our damnedest never to feel that shitty again – the sooner we’re deepening our understanding of life and order is restored.
Until next time.
It feels yucky, but as Chodron would say, “it’s good to be thrown from the nest”.
We regularly miss these moments of chaos for the lessons they truly are. When things are uneasy we panic and freak out – we tell ourselves, “it means something is wrong”.
It’s not true. There’s just some disorder we need to sort through. It is what it is.
Embrace the lessons and the opportunities presenting themselves and climb back in the saddle… ‘er nest :). This time. Every time.
More to come,
Tanya B.
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