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I like Oprah's quotable quotes and recently I came across another nice one:
“When you’ve worked as hard and done as much and strived and tried and given and pled and bargained and hoped…surrender. When you have done all that you can do, and there is nothing left for you to do…give it up. Give it up to that thing that is greater than yourself and let it then become a part of the flow..”
Anyone who has ever dreamt and the dream remain unrealized can relate. I also have things in my plate which I wanted so bad and they are still like that until now - unrealized. All these years, I was learning and sharing in my own little way how we can get what we want in our life, but here is one reason explaining why we can't get what we want in life:
"God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you, than you can ever do for yourself"
I am a believer of the law of attraction. And I was able to witness different ways people proved that it works. But hand in hand with the belief in the law of attraction should be the belief in the law of detachment.
The law of detachment says that in order to successfully attract something, one must be detached to the outcome. If we are attached, we project negative emotions of fear, doubt, or craving which actually attracts the opposite of our desire. We are then operating from a position of worry, fear and doubt rather than serenity, trust and faith. Of course there are times when negative emotions are meant to be felt and acted upon, but our dominant emotions should be positive ones.
Just this week, I made a decision which I thought was right. I followed the rules, I checked and cross-checked the bullet points and yet I lost. I was very frustrated with myself. But I decided not to dwell too much on the frustration and I clearly remember praying to God minutes after to remove the bad feeling I have and to just nudge me to let go and move on. I again prayed the same prayer during our prayer meeting, and again before I went to bed. Lo and behold, in less than 36 hours I was able to turn the negative around and I gained more than what I lost. Coincidence? I don't think so.
I could have romanticized what happened and call it a random coincidence, but I believe this is more than coincidence. I believe it was a lesson at letting go. I still have a long way to go from learning this letting go thing but I will get there soon. I have the tendency to be a control freak and I easily lose sight of the goal when a speed bump presents itself along the way. But this thought is comforting: that you give it all you got, since that’s all you can really do now, then leave the results to a Higher Power. You don’t fail until you stop trying. But sometimes, to stop trying is the best thing you can do.
“When you’ve worked as hard and done as much and strived and tried and given and pled and bargained and hoped…surrender. When you have done all that you can do, and there is nothing left for you to do…give it up. Give it up to that thing that is greater than yourself and let it then become a part of the flow..”
Anyone who has ever dreamt and the dream remain unrealized can relate. I also have things in my plate which I wanted so bad and they are still like that until now - unrealized. All these years, I was learning and sharing in my own little way how we can get what we want in our life, but here is one reason explaining why we can't get what we want in life:
"God can dream a bigger dream for me, for you, than you can ever do for yourself"
I am a believer of the law of attraction. And I was able to witness different ways people proved that it works. But hand in hand with the belief in the law of attraction should be the belief in the law of detachment.
The law of detachment says that in order to successfully attract something, one must be detached to the outcome. If we are attached, we project negative emotions of fear, doubt, or craving which actually attracts the opposite of our desire. We are then operating from a position of worry, fear and doubt rather than serenity, trust and faith. Of course there are times when negative emotions are meant to be felt and acted upon, but our dominant emotions should be positive ones.
Just this week, I made a decision which I thought was right. I followed the rules, I checked and cross-checked the bullet points and yet I lost. I was very frustrated with myself. But I decided not to dwell too much on the frustration and I clearly remember praying to God minutes after to remove the bad feeling I have and to just nudge me to let go and move on. I again prayed the same prayer during our prayer meeting, and again before I went to bed. Lo and behold, in less than 36 hours I was able to turn the negative around and I gained more than what I lost. Coincidence? I don't think so.
I could have romanticized what happened and call it a random coincidence, but I believe this is more than coincidence. I believe it was a lesson at letting go. I still have a long way to go from learning this letting go thing but I will get there soon. I have the tendency to be a control freak and I easily lose sight of the goal when a speed bump presents itself along the way. But this thought is comforting: that you give it all you got, since that’s all you can really do now, then leave the results to a Higher Power. You don’t fail until you stop trying. But sometimes, to stop trying is the best thing you can do.
So here I am now doing everything I can just like what Corrinne May said - "Take my five loaves and two fishes, do with it as you will. I surrender", then whisper to God my dreams, then let go - with the thought that God is doing some maneuevering in the universe to make everything perfect in His time.
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