Allowing Life to Be

We spend a lot of our mental energy as humans trying to work out the how of something, making plans to honour that process we’ve decided is the best how, doing our best to control that process, and suffering as we try to adhere to it or force it.

Often our process eventually works out, but rarely without our suffering through it.

There is an easier way, but it takes a massive amount of courage.

It’s quite possible that you’ve heard the saying “Let go. Let God”.

It also translates to another, “Let go and flow”.

If you have read my book, Bloom, you will know I’ve had some rather large learning around the process of surrendering.

Thankfully, those extra hard lessons are the ones that stick for us all.

They are also the ones that carry the biggest blessings.

This means that surrendering is a fairly natural process for me these days. It still takes strengthening my courage muscle at times, as some acts of surrender ask me to take greater risks.

Extra faith and trust are needed to let go further and allow life to surprise me with a more suitable solution.

These solutions make me smile as they can arrive in such unexpected ways, through outcomes I never saw coming but are perfect.

An important part of allowing life to support us, and even letting go fully enough for life to carry us, is to understand that only a solution for the current challenge is usually given. It rarely gives more than we need at the time, but it gives enough.

I’m not talking money here, though it can certainly include that. Solutions can come in many forms, just like challenges. And even though it may not offer a solution that solves all the imagined future needs the human mind has already dictated as necessary, every step leads to the next.

The more we trust in the current step, the more we step into the one after that with trust, and every step that follows.

The best part is that as your practice of letting go and letting God (take the reins) deepens, an element of fun can also creep in. You smile in grace, knowing that the perfect solution for what your heart needs and is asking for is already being arranged. You trust in your friendship with divinity.

(You can replace the words divinity, God, and life with whatever works for you. Just don’t tell me what I need to call it! We all come home to our soul through the language that works best for us individually.)

My fears, in other words, my humanness, around seeing this dream of home realised have been dissolved by the wonder I am blessed with daily. The random moments watching kangaroos and birds (we even saw a koala the other day), the ever-changing sky, the times of absolute silence when there’s no breeze and birds are resting, and the moods of transitioning seasons are all loving balms.

Every step I need to take is supported with ease. I moved out of my own way and can allow life to be what it wants to be for me.

Whenever I hear myself making plans that involve a should or a how, plans that don’t actually resonate with my heart but are driven by fear, I smile at my humanity and step back into the present.

Again, I allow life to be.

Surrendering is a life-long practice of ever-deepening freedom.

These last two months of living in my tiny hempcrete home on my wild acreage (watch the vlog to catch up!) have witnessed a transcendence into peace that fits beautifully. I can’t remember ever feeling so peaceful – and as a long-term meditator, there have been plenty of moments of peace! But never like it has become. I’m so grateful.

I can’t help but smile at the perfection of life, which is always on our side. We just have to remember to keep getting out of our own way and allowing life to be.

With love,

Bronnie.

PS. If you haven’t ventured into my inspirational short-story series, The Purple Chair, yet, it’s time to check it out. The audiobook is also now available as one book through all usual online stores or you can ask your local bookstore to order the paperback in for you. (And there are eBooks in all the usual places!)

Here is some recent feedback on it from a Facebook member:

Bronnie, I’ve finished this gorgeous audiobook this morning. Laughed and cried with Gwen and a wonderful cast of humans, as I cook for our family daily. I feel like I’ve had several therapy sessions that I didn’t know I needed. A listening book is the perfect medium. Leah Filley has a lovely voice. Fingers crossed for a sequel. Thank you. God Bless.

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