Acceptance

Acceptance is dying on a battlefield. Acceptance is understanding that with life comes death. With up comes down. With riches comes poverty. Acceptance is allowing this universe to be all that it is meant to be. All experiences happening at once. You are not in control of your experiences. You are just having them. You are not in control of your circumstances, you are just in them. Accept what is and move on.

We cannot change from a place of longing, we change from a place of acceptance. We change when we see the world exactly how it is and keep living anyways. We work with the universe, not against her. We allow her to be what she will be. And in this place miracles happen. In this place of lack of attachment and understanding, we reach nirvana. This is freedom. Freedom is not a pile of money. Freedom is not a new pair of shoes. Freedom is not a dream job. Freedom is here and now. Freedom is in this moment. Freedom is accepting this moment as it is and allowing it to be. Freedom is knowing the difference between trying to be the change, and changing.

Freedom lives in every breath that you take. You are freedom. Life is freedom. Death is freedom. Freedom is, freedom exists, freedom is life. Accept life as it is and you will be free. Forget trying to change it, trying to get something or somewhere. Just be. You are here and you are now. Acceptance is freedom. Freedom from the trappings of wanting and needing and longing. Freedom to be who you were meant to be. This person, in this moment, living this life. Allow yourself to be and experience the greatness of existence. This is the moment you are living. And there will be another moment after that. Isn’t it splendid? And wouldn’t it be great to let go of the idea that you have to control and create and be in charge of the next moment? If you could just exist and let the moment come to you.

This is freedom.

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What if everyone did what they wanted? Not for a purpose, not for a “job,” but because it is what they wanted to do. Imagine a world where you wake up each day and do whatever your heart desires. You walk out of your house and show up at a destination because it is where you want to be.

I dream of a world where I go to my office each day to see people who want counseling. I am not going to work. I am not showing up to get paid. I am making myself available to help guide others because that is my true calling. That is my heart’s desire. That is what I want to do each and everyday, what brings me joy and energy.

A world without work would allow everyone the freedom to create and participate in whatever way that works best for them. When we take our enjoyment, and call it a “job” we immediately steal some of its vibrancy. It is no longer this free, beautiful thing that we are choosing. It is now a shackle telling us what to do and how to do it. We all desire freedom and flexibility, the opportunity to choose each and everyday. In a world without working for a “living,” we are given this opportunity.

Notice I have not used that word that we show up each day for. Because I want to manifest my reality. I want to speak into existence the world that I dream of. Our beliefs create our reality. And where our attention goes, that thing grows. So I am not bringing that construct into the equation. I am exiling it from my life. If I don’t pay attention to it, then it ceases to exist in my reality.

What do you dream of? What reality do you want to create? If you could woke up each day, and did only your soul’s calling, what would it be?