Friday, November 18, 2011

How to Stop Struggling to Make Something Happen

Too often, we struggle to make things happen the way we want them to, and we end up trying to maintain control over what seems like a hopeless situation. We want to achieve something but we don’t know how in the world to make it happen. We experience this frustration over and over again only when we are not trusting in the Universe.

The reality is that trying to figure out how to do something is often counterproductive. When you learn to release the “how” to the Universe, you are essentially delegating the task of figuring it out to the Universe. And the plan that the Universe comes up with will be worlds different and much more incredible than anything you could imagine for yourself. This is because your vision and knowledge is so limited compared to that of the Universe.

Imagine if you could float back away from earth and view every living being and see everything that is going on simultaneously, and know every detail about every person and every thing on earth, and know everything that has ever happened or will ever happen in all eternity. If you could do that, don’t you think you would be able to make better choices and make better plans for yourself? Well, that is the perspective that the Universe has, so when you release your worries and your “hows” and your struggles to the Universe, you are enlisting some pretty powerful help.

It is not easy to surrender your stresses to the Universe, but when you learn to trust, you can. And when you do, things will flow for you so much easier than if you were trying and trying to make things happen in your own way. You’ll find that things just line up, the right people come into your life, the materials and tools come into your life and everything starts to fall into place. You will be driven to take the actions that will lead to results and to grasp onto the opportunities that will help guide you along.

Journal Writing Exercise: Begin to release the “hows” with the help of your journal. List out all of your current struggles, frustrations and worries in your journal. Release them to the Universe by asking for the Universe to figure it out for you. Take a deep breath as you let each one go and feel the weights lifting from your shoulders. Feel the new lightness in your body and give thanks for it. Then enjoy the flow that comes as a result.

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4 comments:

  1. Great info. Great to get support and a reminder on how to give up struggle. You talk of the right tools and materials showing up and I thought you might also be interested in getting copies of our brand new 'We Wise Women' FREE e-books on how to 'Boost your Energy Now' and how to 'Boost your Creativity Now'
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  2. Hi Faith
    I love the ideas in this post...thank you. I do wonder though about memorializing our struggles and frustrations, etc. I have participated in a year end "burning bowl" ceremony where you write down things you want to release, but then we put them in a bowl, which was later lit on fire (the contents). In a journal, you are really committing them to paper...which seems counter to letting them go.

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  3. HI Janet! Nice to hear from you. When I write about my frustrations in my journal, I don't just write them only. I also write that I am releasing those worries to the Universe - it's very similar to burning them actually :) It is incredibly effective - the single most important thing I have ever done to help me change my life.

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