What if there really wasn’t any place you had to be? Really. When you catch yourself thinking, well, I have to be…just stop for a minute. You don’t “have to” anything. Usually what we mean when we say “I have to be…” is that there will be consequences and results from the choice we make.
“Have to be…” comes across as someone else forcing you to do something or to be a certain way. Not so. There is absolutely nothing you have to do or have to be. It is always your choice. You are the one who has to deal with the consequences or the result of that choice. That’s what makes it seem like “have to.”
So stop whining about all the stuff you have to do and all of the ways you have to be. It’s not true. Make the best choice, a conscious choice, from your heart…and you will experience the benefit of your decision. And let other people do the same thing.
Much love
Paula
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Just returned from 4 blissful weeks in the TN mountains. Had plenty of time to share with silent mother nature. There was no one around and nothing to do, nor anywhere to be. I got thinking that our rational conscious mind and emotions are always processing choices. Here I was able to “choose not to choose” anything. What an overwhelming sense of freedom manifested. Cliff
Paula – you have an ability to reflect back to me the things I have been struggling with – thank you!