GOING WITH THE FLOW

There is an Autumnal feel. It is chilly out. It was 64 F in the house this Morning. The outside temp was in the forties. I am being warmed by a little electric heater as I write this.

I apologize for not communicating that there would be no blog Monday. On Sunday we had a medical emergency in the family. It appears everything will be okay and I won't go into it in this writing. It has been capturing my attention.

Every time life brings us something unexpected we learn. Sometimes it throws us off. Sometimes we can go with the flow and it creates only minor disturbance.

Life seems to have a life of its own. We usually go along, life comes to us one day at a time. It is largely predictable and we can see our participation in its creation. We can accept, the good and not so good, as what we are calling for. Then sometimes, something comes out of the blue, something, we think, is on-called for.

We might struggle with it. Resist it. Fight it. Question it. It might seem impossible to accept, but accept we will.

Wouldn't it be nice, if we could always know what could be resisted and what needs to be accepted? I think we do know. We just don't want to.

A happening is a happening. When life brings us something, we don't think we want; we do know what is resistible and what isn't, but we may not want to believe what we know. And if our first response is to throw up our barriers, we won't really find out until our struggle abates.

Part of giving up judgement is giving up judgement of life. There is wisdom in an accepting attitude as life comes to us. With acceptance we can see clearly, what can and should be resisted or changed, and what needs to be endured. Our willingness to be accepting makes all situations easier to deal with.

The great sages of our world postulate, that nothing is an accident and everything that happens, is for our learning. With every experience our consciousness expands. With every experience we have an opportunity to love where we might not have before.

I am learning what “Going with the flow” means.

Love and Peace, Gregg