the beautiful ego

What stands in the way of your peace?

Is it self doubt?

Fear?

Uncertainty?

Frustration?

Maybe even anger?

If you could name what is standing in the way of your peace, would it be easier to let it go?

What I am proposing is our peace is a natural state of well-being.

When we were born into this world, we came into it with a clear mind.

We were simple, calm and serene when all was well.

And unless we needed a diaper change, or some other disruption occurred, we were naturally at ease with the world.

Can you recall when you were a child?

Can you recall what it might have been like to think like a child?

Can you imagine what that was like?

We were in a simple, calm state of mind throughout most of our childhood.

The attitude of frustration, anger, and mostly holding on to grievances, is something we acquired growing up.

It is something we used to adapt to our environments, to protect us, to serve us for the time being.

Now that we are adults, we find that these grievances hold us back.

They hold us back from figuring out what we really want.

They hold us back from being where we want to be.

But how can we move beyond these things that hold us back?

How can we move past the things that bind us, the energy and frustration that keeps us tied to these feelings we do not want.

The answer is accepting.

The answer is allowing.

And the answer is letting go.

It is all of those things that lead to lasting peace.

Accepting

When we accept things as they are, we are making a choice.

We are making a choice to allow change.

As strange as it may seem, when we accept our circumstances, we do change.

If nothing else we change how we feel, how we think, how we act, and everything that we perceive.

And when our perceptions change, we change.

Can you recall a situation that you have totally accepted as is?

Can you also recall how it changed how you felt?

Or how it changed how you perceived that person?

Often times acceptance is viewed as giving up, or weakness.

But I have found it to be a powerful tool for change, a tool that we can use right now.

Allowing

When we first accept, we can then allow the things that we want to come into our life.

Normally this requires a shift.

This could be a shift in perspective, your energy, your thoughts, your feelings, or a shift in you.

When you allow this shift to take place, then you are in a new position.

Right?

When you change or allow something new to take place, you are not where you were before.

Even if it is just moments ago.

You arrive at a new place, a new circumstance, and a new way to do something.

It is when you allow that you have the power to change who you are, and to receive what you want in life.

Letting Go

There may be some things that we find hard to let go of.

We all have these notions and ideas, or feelings that we just can’t be without.

And you are right.

These notions, feelings, and ideas, no matter how destructive, have kept us company for a long time and it wouldn’t feel like us once we let it go.

In order to go somewhere new, something inside of you has to change.

Something must give way or be created in order for the new you to take shape.

So when you hold on to the old feelings of hurt or pain or suffering, you cannot bring into your life anything new, because you are still holding on to the old you.

Let the new you take shape. Allow and accept the newness that brings excitement and high energy into your life.

When you let the new you take shape, you then find yourself in a new place. Isn’t that what we all want when we are wanting? Something new? Something else?

Give your wants and desires strength to bring newness into your life, by accepting, allowing, and letting go anything that is of the old you.

The new you will thank you.