I feel like my whole life has been one of those big things after another... As soon as I leave my home town everything will make sense; as soon as I transfer to a different college everything will be great; as soon as I move to NYC; as soon as I move away from NYC; as soon as I get that job, or that degree, or get that diagnosis... I think when I started drinking at age 22 is the most I have ever felt like "I HAVE FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT!" When I came to the realization that I needed to stop drinking, I had an experience very similar to what you describe. As they say in the rooms, it turned out that drinking was my solution not my problem. Which, of course I knew from day 1, but which I had also forgotten about because day 1 had been so long ago.
To declare something a problem is to say it shouldn’t be so. Obviously it has to first be so to then say it shouldn't be the way that it is. So declaring problems is to declare war with the universe telling it it shouldn't be the way that it is. That's exhausting to consider.
Maybe the universe doesn't have problems and is more of an opportunity than a problem. There is no need to fix that which is not broken.
If it turns out that nothing is wrong then maybe you are not wrong either. To jump ahead, maybe there isn't really a you to have problems! Like when things are going great there’s just being in action and a “You” only shows up when something interrupts the flow. Maybe that incessant internal voice is an it and not a me… It says not I say. You want to begin to create space around it to begin not to be so identified with its activities.
Lastly, how life occurs now is a function of the future you cast out before you or said differently the future you are living into. Is getting to the end without problems a future big enough to inspire you at the beginning of each day and throughout the day?
What really moves you? What touches your heart? In the presence of what do you forget your so-called self? What is worth a lifetime? Hint: Truth, beauty, and goodness are good places to consider.
I feel like my whole life has been one of those big things after another... As soon as I leave my home town everything will make sense; as soon as I transfer to a different college everything will be great; as soon as I move to NYC; as soon as I move away from NYC; as soon as I get that job, or that degree, or get that diagnosis... I think when I started drinking at age 22 is the most I have ever felt like "I HAVE FINALLY FIGURED IT OUT!" When I came to the realization that I needed to stop drinking, I had an experience very similar to what you describe. As they say in the rooms, it turned out that drinking was my solution not my problem. Which, of course I knew from day 1, but which I had also forgotten about because day 1 had been so long ago.
Yeah can relate to that Bigtime .5 years now still “One day at a time “🕉🌈
To declare something a problem is to say it shouldn’t be so. Obviously it has to first be so to then say it shouldn't be the way that it is. So declaring problems is to declare war with the universe telling it it shouldn't be the way that it is. That's exhausting to consider.
Maybe the universe doesn't have problems and is more of an opportunity than a problem. There is no need to fix that which is not broken.
If it turns out that nothing is wrong then maybe you are not wrong either. To jump ahead, maybe there isn't really a you to have problems! Like when things are going great there’s just being in action and a “You” only shows up when something interrupts the flow. Maybe that incessant internal voice is an it and not a me… It says not I say. You want to begin to create space around it to begin not to be so identified with its activities.
Lastly, how life occurs now is a function of the future you cast out before you or said differently the future you are living into. Is getting to the end without problems a future big enough to inspire you at the beginning of each day and throughout the day?
What really moves you? What touches your heart? In the presence of what do you forget your so-called self? What is worth a lifetime? Hint: Truth, beauty, and goodness are good places to consider.