Can you remember the last time your life just went from one thing to another with ease? Plans worked out. People showed up at just the right time. Your lack of anxiety about details surprised you . . .
To a moment like this, you were in our word of the week: flow.
Flow: to move continuously and smoothly.
These days, I think, we aren't so good at living in the flow.
In our communities, there is much striving. There's much trying to control the uncontrollable. (Read the news this week, sigh).There's much fear-based decision making. And, it's exhausting!
Is living in the flow even possible?
Let me tell you a story. Two months ago, I found myself with a free day without any child or work responsibilities. It was an unexpected gift and also jarring to my system-- because of its rarity.
There was part of me that wanted to plan the heck out of it. Do all the things. Solve some problems. There was a part of me that wanted to make all kinds of social plans with friends. And there was part of me that just wanted to stay at home and do nothing. Then, there was part of me scared with being with my nothing. So, what would the day hold?
The flow for the day looked inviting friends to connect (but being ok with their no if it didn't work out), like eating when I was hungry (but not when I wasn't), and doing errands (but coming home even if everything wasn't "done").
In the end, the flow of the day gave me just what I needed, nothing less, nothing more.
I share this because I can imagine there are many "shoulds" present in your week ahead. There's so much you expect will happen that you might not have energy to make happen.
Might acceptance of the "flow" be just the gift you need?
Try this: move gently. Keep an open mind. Listen to the cues of your body offers to stop or go. And most of all, trust the process.
Stay in your flow! It's the lane in which your little corner of the world needs you just as you are.
XO
Elizabeth
P.S. Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. I'd love to share with you this post, a reading/ prayer my family has often said aloud on the holiday.
