Answers are available for us as soon as we surrender

I was navigating Sublime when I found these interesting fact and reflection:

“One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.

Humans naturally want to add more—a cardboard sleeve, a warning on the outside of the cup, a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents. And in the end, you’ll still burn your mouth from drinking too early. It’s not that people don’t see the warnings; we’re just adding more layers of separation between us and the answer.”

I feel that is what happened to me last week. I added a layer of unnecessary worry to something that, when I was calm, ended up working out itself.

There is nothing I dislike more than bureaucratic paperwork, which already has a layer of resistance on its own. I was trying for months to get a paper I needed for my taxes, and I couldn’t. Time was running out for me to present my papers, and the frustration took the best of me like nothing had in years.

I start to feel the warmth through my feet, crumbling to my legs. I closed my eyes to breathe, but I couldn’t, and honestly, I didn’t wanted to be calm; I truly wanted to be mad. The heat continues through my body and gets to my ears. I close my eyes again, trying to breathe deeply to calm myself down when I hear a little voice in the background that says it’s fine if you are angry; it’s fine if you want to scream. The validation of my feelings allowed me to feel them fully. I screamed, yelled, burst into tears and then there was calm. 

It is as if the energy field of creative genius is available and waiting for us as soon as we surrender the clouds of negativity that prevent its revelation to us.
David R. Hawkins

After allowing myself to feel my emotions and let go of the negative story, I was in total surrender. This unlocked a series of synchronicities in the following days, allowing everything to be solved by Wednesday—synchronicities that could only be seen in an uncluttered, calm mind.

When I recapitulate my life experiences and how they were all solved, they all have one thing in common. Everything unfolded and presented itself to me when I removed the layers of separation between myself and divine guidance: when I trusted, when I was calm enough to see a new way—a simpler one—when I surrendered, I left enough space inside me for solutions to actually have a place to land.

Worrying takes more space and energy than trusting. What if we stop adding layers of separation between us and the answers and reserve our energy to amplify trust and calm in ourselves?

via cosmos

I’m starting this week with this thought: the universe does not want me to try harder. It wants me to breathe, let go, and explore the idea that things can be simple and magical and that life can support me and unfold in a gentle and natural way. It’s a paradox, but “the softest things overcome the hardest things.”

Love,
Liz

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If you liked this letter, here are some previous one that goes well with this topic:

• Grow, and you shall receive

• What if I sit with discomfort a little longer?