Stumbled on this in my archives. I wrote this several months ago and I think it’s sage wisdom any time of the year …
What if we believed all things were unfolding for our good — not just some of our experiences but ALL of them? Well, what if we did? That would eliminate all anxiety, fear and worry. It would essentially rid us of all suffering. But it would require something of us, we’d have to suspend all conclusions that are set against our desires. We’d cease inserting a period into any experience, as my friend Wenda would say. We’d remember that life is in perpetual expansion and because of this the nature of all things is continually unfolding. We know this to be true, now couple that with believing that everything that happens – happens for our highest good. Imagine for just a moment what that would feel like. Do you feel the peace, the ease and the profound relief wash over you as you rest in that knowing?
in a world where we can choose to adopt any belief we want to, why not choose the ones that work for us and with us. Everything about this vast Universe moves with grace and benevolence. The whole of nature moves towards balance and well being. This is proof that all that does unfold is for the well being of everything. Knowing this, there are no longer any reasons to suffer over anything. Next time, should you find yourself beginning down the trail of suffering, take pause to remind yourself, everything unfolds for your greater good. You may not see the bigger picture in this red hot moment but you can trust the truth of this knowing — everything unfolds for my good — and rest there. No longer will you walk through darkness. The belief that everything unfolds for your good will illuminate all your paths and prove itself true for you again and again, if you just let it.
Should we suffer needlessly again, it is because we’ve reached a conclusion that counts against everything unfolding for the good. We’ve inserted a period into that experience —- forgetting momentarily how life is in constant flow. We can re-join that flow right now. Close your eyes and take a deep breath and sink into knowing that all things are unfolding for your good. Stay there long enough to feel how it feels in your body and before you open your eyes remember you can take this feeling with you wherever you go. Know that you need not suffer a moment longer as long as you choose to know with every fiber of your being that everything, absolutely everything is unfolding for your good. Let that be the gift you give yourself this season. It truly will demonstrate itself to be the gift that keeps on giving.
This is wonderful Beth…thank you for posting it! Such a relief to read the words and remember.
I love the picture you chose too.
This dovetails nicely with a train of thought I started on the way in to the pool on this sunny and glorious aftrenoon in the bright white snow… I thought of how it has now been over four years that I have had every day of my life free to do whatever I want and following to the best of my ability, the Abraham-Hicks-ish way of learning to live from inspiration and not motivation… finding out what that means, to me, precisely.
During these months that turned into years, I actively and consciously have questioned…. many many ideas, that I once held to be true, and some i knew i doubted but had not the focus to see the question thru to the other side. I have now, on many counts.
Many times I have NOT seen the greater “good” yet I have continued to face in this chosen direction, somehow knowing that my answers did not lie in going back, back to old ways back to living from a set of someone elses rules…
And now, somehow once we passed the 4 yr mark, something clicked in me, I feel that today I finally got an inkling of the depth of excitement I am now feeling… I made it.
Not alone, not “never” scared, not fully aware for every nuance of “support” that came that pointed me onward, not even, at times…. feeling too good at all. None of that mattered, I am here and it is good, very, very good.
I dont pay any attention to “time” I sleep when I am tired, and during many “phases” of these 4 yrs THAT was alot! I eat what I want when I want it, I live freely, my life is my own. I choose every moment what I want to “do” and where I want to do it…. and if I get scared I take a nap, right here, right NOW. ( or float, if I can get to the pool!)
I wanted a life of freedom, manifest. The manifest part means alot to me. 12 books could be written about the “details” of our journey… I am loosing the desire to tell the story most of the time now, though it burned in me for quite a while.
Today I felt that if I had “known” what I know now, 4 yrs ago… it would have been a piece of cake. Now I feel I shall dine at my table in appreciation for knowing that life is living me and it has always been that way. (O: and it has always been Go(o)d!
really ran away with the “comment” LOL xoam
That was beautiful to read AMari … it would be wonderful to see you post that on your blog. You are always an inspiration to me!
LOL, well i may copy it and put it on my NEW blog as I WENT THRU YEST ANOTHER BIG “CLEANSE” and dumped my blog… so i may come take it for the new one…. YOU my dear inspire me constantly, i was actually just thinking about you this morning…. happy day sweetie (O:xoxooam
Happy day to you too!
What a powerful post. Always good to be reminded of this truth.
Everything, always, is about letting go.
Thank you Renee — it’s always good for me to go back and read and remember this.