As I was watching “The Shift” with Dr. Wayne Dyer (may he rest in peace), it struck me that we really do spend so much time interfering in our own lives.

Instead of realizing that the Universe has heard our “order” and desires, and will be delivering them to us, we start trying to control HOW things happen and WHAT happens. Who are we to think we can out do the Universe anyway? How absurd a concept is that? When we think that things aren’t happening fast enough for us or that they aren’t going to happen at all, then our vibrations actually become lower because we enter the human realm instead of allowing ourselves to be lifted up to the more Universal wavelengths.

I don’t know about you but I do not want to be held back to the human lower wavelengths. How do you stop that? You recognize that things will come to you that need to come to you in order for you to fulfill your purpose in life.  Once you relax into that feeling, the calmness will take over and you’ll allow the Universe to deliver your order.

When you are contemplating something, always sit back and close your eyes. Just allow yourself to feel. Does the course of action you’re contemplating “feel right”  or does it create anxiety inside of you? Obviously, when you take on a new endeavor, there will be a degree of anxiety, but this anxiety should also be mixed with the excitement and joy of knowing you’re working toward your purpose.  If that feeling of excitement is absent, you need to revisit what you’re thinking about.

If the excitement is there, then go for it! But repeatedly ask for Divine Wisdom to show you the way. The Universe will provide you with guidance even more than you’ll find on the internet or by asking others. Ask for the Divine Guidance before you start searching for others to help. This will help ensure that you get the best possible help there is.

Stay out of your own way. Stop second guessing what you’re doing. Follow your passion. If something feels good, it is good and will continue to be good. If you have any trepidation, back off and regroup and head in a different direction. It could still be aiming for the same goal but perhaps with new processes or systems. Listen to what’s happening inside of you. It’s so important that you pay attention to your gut (in more ways than one but that’s a topic for other posts).

Stop interfering in your own life! Let the Universe provide you with the tools and people you need to accomplish what you want to achieve.

Terrie

 “Sometimes it’s the smallest decisions that can change your life forever” (Keri Russell)

Have you ever experienced this? It might take some time to recognize that there were little decisions in your life that changed its course, but I imagine that if you think about it long enough, you’ll see that it’s true.

One day when I was still in Virginia, I was working in DC and there was a snow storm starting. I asked my boss if I could leave early since I had a 60 mile drive. He said “no” because we were having some sort of class or lecture. I was not a happy camper. It took me 8 hours to get home that day because I-95 was closed due to a 100 car pile-up (yes, that is 100 cars). Was I upset? Not at all because I realized that had I left when I wanted to, I would have been right smack in the middle of the pile-up. That would not have been good. But it was a small decision by my boss that saved my day (and maybe saved even more than that).

Even funnier is that I chose to join the military to pay my tuition for medical school. That was not a small decision. But the reason I joined the Navy over the other services surely was a small decision. I liked the uniforms! Seriously, that’s the reason my friend and I picked the Navy. The recruiters didn’t tell us squat to help us make any other kind of decision. In fact, had they told us more, I would have joined the Army because then I could have gone to Viet Nam and done the work I wanted to. In the Navy I couldn’t do that because I was a woman.  However, I will tell you that joining the Navy was the best thing that ever happened to me. Even though I joined for two years and that’s really all I intended to stay for, 30 years later I was retiring with a really great career and life behind me. All because of the uniforms!

Go back through your life and examine the things that have happened to you. What led up to those events? Can you find some small decision that led you down that particular path?

As your life continues, do not demean the small decisions you are being asked to make. What seems small now may not be small in the long run.

Pay attention and investigate the past. It will be a fun exercise to do. We all need a bit of fun right?

Terrie

Boy has the last few months been an adventure (to put it mildly) for me. But it wasn’t until yesterday that I realized the importance of the phrase “Embrace The Journey, Not The Destination” (there are multiple variations on this but this is the quickest way to say it). People, myself included, often focus on the ultimate goal – the destination. And then if the goal is not achieved, they are crushed and all that time has gone by without them enjoying that time.

You have to be present at all times. You always hear that you need to enjoy the moment because you don’t know what’s going to happen in the next. Until you experience that, however, you don’t really know what it means. On Feb 17th this year, I experienced a life change that was totally unexpected and led down this path to my recent surgery. It wasn’t as significant an event as many have had to deal with. But it was enough to stop me in my tracks for the first time in my life. As I’ve been trying to recuperate, my primary focus had been on getting back to running so I could train for the run across Tennessee in July. But, yesterday as post-op issues continued to prevail and as I realized I still have several evaluations to go through, I found myself understanding that it’s all about today, this minute, not what’s going to happen (or what I hope to happen) in July.  Strangely, though, I felt at peace with that knowledge. I have spent too much of my life working toward something else – working thru my childhood just to graduate medical school and at that time my only thought was “What now?” (not a good feeling); training for a race; working 5 days to get to the weekend; working 8 hours to finally go home, etc. I never have spent time smelling the roses along the way. In my initial years as a physician I was a typical physician – go, go, go. Then in my later years I worked in the DC area and that’s completely rush, rush, rush, especially when coupled with my lousy working hours due to the distance and traffic.

I would say that the closest I have come to embracing the journey has been when I’ve been doing my long runs because I have so much time to think and do whatever I want. However, when you add training to that picture, it throws in the goal and that takes away from the pure enjoyment I used to have on the runs.

So, what happened yesterday? I think it was a combination of no longer wanting to fight these undesirable post-op issues as well as just having the time to take care of myself. All of a sudden I found myself thinking that I may not make it to the Tennessee run in July. I just don’t know what will happen in the next few months – with my training and my body. Rather than be upset about maybe not getting there (still an unknown), I am choosing to love my body and love the challenges I’m experiencing and just be grateful. I am going to put gratitude first in my life and try every day to do something nice for someone else.  And I’m going to be kind to my body and try to listen to it more. If I make it to Tennessee, that will be wonderful. If I don’t, I won’t have passed up months just thinking about getting there – I will have spent those months enjoying life and doing for others, two of the most important things you can do in life.

See, you’re never too old to learn about life. Even though it’s easier said than done, I feel confident that I am on a different path at this point.

Terrie