That which is, it is. No less. No more. Just, what is.
I can like it. Or not.
I can dislike it. Or not.
It doesn’t really matter, because it is.
How I respond to it, will cause me to suffer. Or not.
Is it really as simple as that?
Yes. It is.
But just because I know this, doesn’t always mean that I like it. However, the fact of the matter is, what I believe should be, that is not, is the cause of all my suffering. Not accepting the now, the here, the isness of the present moment.
So I sit here, letting it all flow through me. All the emotions. The highs. And the lows. Especially the lows. Oh, those lows. Letting go…. letting come. Not clinging to any one emotion, or thought. Not fighting them off either. They can come. But if the answer is No when I ask How does this serve me? – then I will gently show them the door, and resist the temptation (habit?) to hold on desperately to what should be, rather than what isn’t. To frenetically fend off that which is, when I want something else instead.
That which is, it is.
What I can do, is to call forth the best me I can, under the circumstances.
Closing one door, knowing that somewhere, a door is opening. Somewhere. It will come to me. When it is time.
Until then – letting go, letting come. Like a breath. Inhale. Exhale.
Knowing, owning, accepting, that what is, is.
First published on my blog on August 29th, 2016: https://helenaroth.com/that-which-is/
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Audio production: Caspian Almerud
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Soundtrack: Olof Jennfors Ljudtjänst http://jennforsljud.se/