(Video) Are You Controlling Your Life...or Allowing It?
“There is an unlimited stream of Well-Being and an abundance of all manner of things available to you at all times — but you must be in alignment with the receiving of those things. You cannot stand in resistance of them and receive them at the same time.”
- Abraham Hicks
Have you ever had an experience where you let things happen naturally…and it turned out amazing?!
There’s a reason for this. You were in the flow.
It’s the flow we recognize but can’t always describe. The flow that’s abundant and eternal. The feeling of love, source, soul, God, (#allthehigherthings), and we know it exists because human miracles are everywhere you look! We know what it feels like because it feels good. We know what it looks like because things come to us easily. Opportunities pop up, random gifts appear, and things just have a way of working themselves out. And we sense that our sheer act of gratitude gives us more of what we want.
This is the current of life, and we’re always invited to flow with it. So the question is…
Are you controlling your life or allowing it?
How do we know when we’re in the flow?
Our feelings.
Yep. We gonna get a lil’ feeley up in here.
Because think about it! Don’t your actions reflect your emotions? There’s an energy — a feeling generated from within — behind every action. And that feeling is the GPS guide to signal whether we’re flowing with life — and everything it throws at us — or not.
You’ll know you’re not in the flow when:
you feel angry, frustrated, or irritable about things you can’t control
you subtly set an expectation and are are disappointed by its outcome
you let worry, panic, or anxiety take over
you resist your reality as it is
Notice how these are based on negative feelings.
I know, I know.
This is the part where you’re like… “am I not allowed to feel bad?!”
Oh, my friend.
Puh. Lease! Feeling bad is part of being a human. (It took me days to even write the words you’re reading because my head was in such a funky space!)
The purpose of living isn’t to feel good all the time — it’s to recognize the power we have in choosing how we want to feel as a way to get what we desire.
Your thoughts create your feelings. Your feelings create your reality. And by noticing how you feel (hey, wow! I feel like __ right now!), you have the power to think a better feeling thought. You have the power to let go of what you can’t control. You have the power to trust that everything is working for you.
Are you trying to control the circumstances of your life?
Are you resisting what’s right in front of you?
Can you allow life to give you what you need?
The energy of surrendering is far more powerful than the energy of controlling.
I once heard a Jewish proverb at a party that caught me in my tracks…
“Man plans, and God laughs.”
The next time you to let go & trust, close your eyes and chant the words “I allow." Sing it for life to hear! You’ll laugh at how easy and free it feels to just let yourself float down the river…wherever it takes you.
— COMMENT or REFLECT —
HOW CAN YOU PRACTICE ALLOWING TODAY?
[tips: breathe at the stoplight, cross something off your to-do list, give up your expectation, open your eyes!]
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