Without A Net

[caressa]

DAILY OM

Without A Net
Living Life With Trust

As we create the life of our dreams, we often reach a crossroads where the choices seem to involve the risk of facing the unknown versus the safety and comfort of all that we have come to trust. We may feel like a tightrope walker, carefully teetering along the narrow path to our goals, sometimes feeling that we are doing so without a net. Knowing we have some backup may help us work up the courage to take those first steps, until we are secure in knowing that we have the skills to work without one. But when we live our lives from a place of balance and trust in the universe, we may not see our source of support, but we can know that it is there.

If we refuse to act only if we can see the safety net, we may be allowing the net to become a trap as it creates a barrier between us and the freedom to pursue our goals. Change is inherent in life, so even what we have learned to trust can surprise us at any moment. Remove fear from the equation and then, without even wondering what is going on below, we can devote our full attention to the dream that awaits us.

We attract support into our lives when we are willing to make those first tentative steps, trusting that the universe will provide exactly what we need. In that process we can decide that whatever comes from our actions is only for our highest and best experience of growth. It may come in the form of a soft landing, an unexpected rescue or an eye-opening experience gleaned only from the process of falling. So rather than allowing our lives to be dictated by fear of the unknown, or trying to avoid falling, we can appreciate that sometimes we experience life fully when we are willing to trust and fall. And in doing so, we may just find that we have the wings to fly.

When we believe that there is a reason for everything, we are stepping out with the safety net of the universe, and we know we will make the best from whatever comes our way.

What do you think?

[caressa]

Not sure if this refers to me making the decision to colour my hair this weekend or not. I have been thinking for some time of going back to changing the white hair thinking that looking at it was part of the depression I was feeling.

Well I coloured my hair, and I never went out anywhere for people to see it. It didn't turn out the colour I expected, let us just say it is different.

I just never seem to have any energy and not much motivation for much of anything. Making the change was to help motivate me and hopefully it will help me to initiate some changes in my life.

[majestyjo]

Looking back, I sound like I was sitting on the pity pot. Certainly not motivated, although I can get there today, the mind and body aren't always on the same page.

The hair has been white for a few years. There are still days I think of colouring it. I have a box of dye sitting on the shelf. It must be close to an expiry date.

When it comes to trust, I like the saying, "Clean house and trust God." Take ownership for what is mine and leave the rest to Him and to whoever is projecting their stuff into my space. It is up to me to set the boundary and not allow it to happen and need to protect myself from this kind of energy. A friend gave me a book a few years ago called Energy Vampires, about people who steal your energy.

[majestyjo]

Smiling, because it did expire and I had to throw it away. Just like old habits and patterns, they have run their course and long overdue to be changed, even those formed in recovery.

[majestyjo]

Maybe that is my answer, I need to get rid of the gray. Maybe not the gray hair so much as the gray areas of my life.

I think if I go looking hard enough, I will find enough to constitute change in my life today.