K.I.S.S.I.N.G THE WORLD (Keep It Simple, Silly!)
12/2014
We all have rules, mentally pre-determined breaking points and lines we just know that nobody ‘better cross.’ It’s how we operate. It’s how we roll. It makes our world more malleable; gives us operating guidelines to navigate life. We predetermine what we will do, what we won’t do and how we will or won’t do it, as if the world sticks to the same template hour after hour, day after day.
But the truth of the matter is, life can be fickle. It switches up without warning and goes left when we think it will go right. Sometimes we just roll with the punches, but other times our 'rules' keeps us from budging and we find ourselves bothered, bewildered and befuddled. We spend a lifetime carefully crafting our lines in the sand, but often they get washed away, stepped on, crossed over and trampled upon. What happens after can become a blessing or a curse.
After decades of living in my own ‘permanent unyielding blue-print’ modus operandi, I stumbled upon Dr. Wayne Dyer. The most distinct feature I recalled about him was his eyes – bright, intense and wise. I had been channel-surfing one night, looking for something interesting to watch before I called it a night. He was on PBS talking about life. At the time I was past forty and figured I didn’t need any more ‘lessons;’ that I was ‘good to go with what I already know,’ but his words drew me in, even as my finger hovered over the ‘channel-up’ button on the remote.
The more I listened, the more I liked what I heard. The more I listened, the more I understood that he was speaking on things I’d never considered before. I put the remote down as what he shared began fitting into my soul.
When he got to the ‘don’t be a rock in the water, be the water,’ it struck me so deep I felt that light bulb inside me click on.
I recalled my past digging-my-heels-in-the-sand moments and saw all the missed opportunities that had happened as a result. I was that big old rock and life and possibility had flowed right past me. I should have yielded, but I was too stubborn and determined to do so.
Be the water. It made so much sense.
I began throwing out my rules and pre-determined 'do's and don't's'. I became water and was revived in the unbounding.
I started looking upon each un-nerving experience as individual occurrences, taking time to think it through before deciding what my response would be. Life became less complicated and things that seemed like mountains clarified themselves into mole-hills. I began to exist in more calm and less anxiety. I inhaled and exhaled more times that I could remember, and no matter what was going on, eventually I settled into a more peaceful state.
Faith rose up in me like waterfall. I began to trust the notions of: this too shall pass and everything is going to be okay. Life-changing events were no longer the enemy and I believed that whatever was occurring was for a good, true and specific reason.
I let go and let God. I found myself in a much better place emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Things that would have knocked me flat on my back no longer did. Good times seemed bigger and brighter. I began having out loud one-on-one talks with God as tears streamed down my face; sometimes in sadness, but more times than not in joy and gratitude. Things still upset me, made me pissed, mad, anxious and sad, but I knew that what I feeling during the difficult times wouldn’t last forever, that a brighter day was on its way.
I had K.I.S.S.ed (Keep It Simple, Silly) my life by becoming the water. I simplified my universe and it opened up my world. I now flow with circumstances instead of trying to stand firm against them, and in the process, inner peace is more than a notion, it has become a way of life…
But the truth of the matter is, life can be fickle. It switches up without warning and goes left when we think it will go right. Sometimes we just roll with the punches, but other times our 'rules' keeps us from budging and we find ourselves bothered, bewildered and befuddled. We spend a lifetime carefully crafting our lines in the sand, but often they get washed away, stepped on, crossed over and trampled upon. What happens after can become a blessing or a curse.
After decades of living in my own ‘permanent unyielding blue-print’ modus operandi, I stumbled upon Dr. Wayne Dyer. The most distinct feature I recalled about him was his eyes – bright, intense and wise. I had been channel-surfing one night, looking for something interesting to watch before I called it a night. He was on PBS talking about life. At the time I was past forty and figured I didn’t need any more ‘lessons;’ that I was ‘good to go with what I already know,’ but his words drew me in, even as my finger hovered over the ‘channel-up’ button on the remote.
The more I listened, the more I liked what I heard. The more I listened, the more I understood that he was speaking on things I’d never considered before. I put the remote down as what he shared began fitting into my soul.
When he got to the ‘don’t be a rock in the water, be the water,’ it struck me so deep I felt that light bulb inside me click on.
I recalled my past digging-my-heels-in-the-sand moments and saw all the missed opportunities that had happened as a result. I was that big old rock and life and possibility had flowed right past me. I should have yielded, but I was too stubborn and determined to do so.
Be the water. It made so much sense.
I began throwing out my rules and pre-determined 'do's and don't's'. I became water and was revived in the unbounding.
I started looking upon each un-nerving experience as individual occurrences, taking time to think it through before deciding what my response would be. Life became less complicated and things that seemed like mountains clarified themselves into mole-hills. I began to exist in more calm and less anxiety. I inhaled and exhaled more times that I could remember, and no matter what was going on, eventually I settled into a more peaceful state.
Faith rose up in me like waterfall. I began to trust the notions of: this too shall pass and everything is going to be okay. Life-changing events were no longer the enemy and I believed that whatever was occurring was for a good, true and specific reason.
I let go and let God. I found myself in a much better place emotionally, mentally and spiritually. Things that would have knocked me flat on my back no longer did. Good times seemed bigger and brighter. I began having out loud one-on-one talks with God as tears streamed down my face; sometimes in sadness, but more times than not in joy and gratitude. Things still upset me, made me pissed, mad, anxious and sad, but I knew that what I feeling during the difficult times wouldn’t last forever, that a brighter day was on its way.
I had K.I.S.S.ed (Keep It Simple, Silly) my life by becoming the water. I simplified my universe and it opened up my world. I now flow with circumstances instead of trying to stand firm against them, and in the process, inner peace is more than a notion, it has become a way of life…