RESIST NOT WHAT IS

Common belief today seems to be that surrendering/accepting whatever we are resisting will bring us peace AND we’ll get that which we were desiring in the first place.

For instance, I once lost a large amount of cash…and it was at a time when I could least afford to lose a dollar much less any amount more. Panic grabbed my gut and with it, somehow, the thought flashed that I must not have needed the money. Anxiety, the bane of my life, evaporated instantly.

I shared this with a friend who immediately said, “And then you found the money, huh?”

No, life is not about how to get our wishes fulfilled…it is about acceptance of what is just as it is without our wishes being considered.

It was worth the loss of the money to me to realize the greater gift, the pearl beyond price: We are relieved of anxiety in the instant we release any resistance to what is.

Thank You.