Monday, March 3, 2008

Feeling Overwhelmed

Sometimes I feel like I never have enough time to do everything I want to do, or even everything I think I need to do.

A friend of mine often says "There is all time in God's time." My Tai Chi teacher says "You're where you need to be when you need to be there."

There's so much wisdom in those words. Why don't I listen to them? I think because I believe in the illusion of wasted time. It's not a belief I want to cling to, since it indicates that I don't trust life.

Trust life. My network Chiropractor said that. Another bit of wisdom. And why not trust life? My life has been, on the whole, wonderful. It can go on being wonderful, I'm sure.

But what about the suffering of others? Am I worried about the misery in the world? I'm sorry for it, but my being miserable myself won't help other's unhappiness.

Astrologer Carolyn Casey says "This is no time for Realism. It's vision that we need."

What we can all do for the world is envision the world we want to live in. The world will change, if we start to focus on what we want for it, not by focusing on how we think it is. I'm sure we all want roughly the same things. Clean air, clear water, abundant life forms, happy children, interesting work, wonderful friends, and time to relax and enjoy it all.

We can never, really, see the world as it is anyway. We can see only what the media chooses to show us filtered through our own narrow perspective. Let us open our imaginations to what could be, and let the how of it take care of itself. Let go of struggle and resistence and open to the power of the creative spirit.

It you trust yourself, as the amazing creator you are, you will trust life.