Stop Telling Spirit How Big Your Problems Are

by Joyce Shafer

When faced with problems, you may feel consumed by them; and you may have many complaining or pleading conversations with Spirit about what's going on. There's a better way to approach this.

My life, as it is for many, is currently going through a major shift. Naturally, my ego hollered a great deal when this wave I'm riding started up. Ego still complains from time to time, but I don't let it have its way as much now as I did in the beginning. This aspect of me certainly has to have its opportunity to voice concerns and fears, but that venting is productive only for so long. What happens when life changes in a way we didn't consciously invite? We resist like crazy. Understandable, but boy does that not work.

I've long embraced the fact that Spirit provides what I really need in expected and unexpected ways and on its clock; though, I can still feel impatient and sometimes not like what's "needed," until I decide to flow with it. One way it provided what I needed during this time was to wake me early one morning and nudge me to channel surf until I landed on a religious channel. Since I'm spiritual rather than religious, I was amused. Then, I was amazed.

Two preachers made statements that helped me open to shifting my attitude about what's going on. Using my preferred words and paraphrasing, one preacher reminded me that Spirit is at work in all things. No matter how long we've used spiritual or metaphysical principles, this fact can be momentarily forgotten at the start and amid inner and outer turmoil.

The other preacher said, Stop telling Spirit how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big Spirit is. This one was like a hit of wasabi on sinuses and opened me right up. Then, realizations started to come to me.

We've taken on quite a self-judging burden by believing that everything about our life is supposed to look and be a certain way or others will think certain things about us (and some do). Phooey! We're on our path. Period. And no one's opinion about how our path plays out matters more than our own. I'm not talking about a path of deliberate negativity or destruction; I'm talking about the paths traveled by those of us who strive to make the most of our life experience. I heard someone say that life is not unfair; it's indifferent. And, that we are the difference. We make the difference. No matter what you plan, and achieve, life happens and as soon as you can, you need to respond.

Another realization was that resistance creates energetic blocks or obstacles that prevent us from seeing and readily embracing new opportunities presented to us. If you have an appointment to keep in your life (especially one not on your "calendar"), you're required to show up. And Spirit has a way of getting you there on time even if you kick and scream as you're dragged there. Initial kicking and screaming is understandable, but it becomes an easier journey the moment you decide to be a willing participant.

Allow where you are. It seems counter-intuitive to allow where you are to be okay when you'd rather it be different. No one says you have to like it; but you can stop a good deal of self-induced suffering if you start here since it is where you are. You can also ask Spirit to show you how to stay open to new opportunities and to what the gift is. We may not be able to control or choose all of our experiences, but we can control and choose how we wish to feel, no matter what. Sometimes, it takes time to get to this point; allow that too.

One of the people whose statements I used also said if you're hugging the past, you're not embracing the future. Isn't that what resistance is, an attempt to hold on to what was? As soon as you can embrace where you are and the changes happening, you embrace your now as well as the future opportunities being created right now.

A good way to assist yourself with this is to stop telling Spirit how big your problems are and start telling your problems how big Spirit is; and, watch what happens.

About Joyce Shafer
Joyce Shafer, LEC and author (jls1422@yahoo.com), offers the 8-week online Reinvent Yourself: Refuse to Settle for Less in Life and Business coaching program where You Decide What You Pay to Participate. Real methods, real results. Check out her exclusive Platinum Program Membership. Want the materials, but not the coaching? New Release! Reinvent Yourself eCourse program materials available at www.lulu.com (see her other books/e-books there, as well). Get a discount when you purchase directly from her. See program details, sign up for her free newsletter at http://www.freewebs.com/coach4lifebalance. Or, email her for more information.

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