This a quote from Eckhart Tolle: Instead of asking “What do I want from life?” a more powerful question is, “What does life want from me?”
Powerful indeed. Powerful because it invites us into the mystery and into relationship with something greater than ourselves. Powerful because we have to trust and to become intimate with the unseen. Powerful because it strips away ego and lays us open and bare to the Divine.
This power is the power of surrender. And if you think to fully surrender doesn’t take courage…if you think it is not the bravest thing anyone could do…I say, go ahead and try it. Are you truly brave enough to ask…what does this life want from me? And then be quiet enough listen for the answer? And then confident enough to take a step in the direction you receive? Are you brave enough?
Sometimes I am brave enough…and other times I hesitate. But the more I practice, the easier it gets…and the more satisfied and content I become. I recognize this as the spiritual practice of letting it flow rather than the human tendency to add on. “What do I want from life?” feels like adding on. “What does life want from me” feels like letting it flow.
I like…let it flow.
Paula
