Go easy. You may have to push forward, but you don't have to push so hard. Go in gentleness - go in peace.
Do not be in so much of a hurry. At no day, no hour, no time are you required to do more than you can do in peace.
Frantic behaviors and urgency are not the foundation for our new way of life.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to begin. Begin, but do not force the beginning if it is not time. Beginnings will arrive soon enough.
Enjoy and relish middles, the heart of the matter.
Do not be in too much of a hurry to finish. You may be almost done, but enjoy the final moments. Give yourself fully to those moments so that you may give and get all there is.
Let the pace flow naturally. Move forward. Start. Keep moving forward. Do it gently, though. Do it in peace. Cherish each moment.
Today, God, help me focus on a peaceful pace rather than a harried one. I will keep moving forward gently, not frantically. Help me let go of my need to be anxious, upset, and harried. Help me replace it with a need to be a peace and in harmony.
From The Language of Letting Go
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss
I have to thank you for your Posts. It seems that you know where I am at. At this point I am working on flood of changes in my life. Working on my assertiveness is tough, working with the scared little boy in side me, that left home to be abused, and raped at 12 years old is almost overwhelming. I don't use the words sexually abused, or molested, because it's rape no mater how you look at it. At least 3 times a day I have to remind myself that I'm not a piece of shit, and and I am worth loving. I have never grieved over my past but, I am almost ready to let go of the identity of being damaged goods. I am proud of myself, and I have realised that making the changes are not half as hard as living in the past. I have forgiven the people that hurt me in the past. By doing this they don't control me any more. It all gets a bit overwhelming, but I stop and take time out for me, and see how proud I should be for my accomplishments. THANKS AGAIN.
Rob What a great heartfelt share! You have been thru much in your past and it is a sad thing. But, you have the power to change you! Which by the way it sounds like your doing! It is the past and we have a choice to let it brings us down and say poor me or rise above it and become better than we ever that we could!!! Im proud of you!!!! Lani
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"We tend to forget that happiness doesn't come as a result of getting something we don't have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. "
