We had lunch out recently and the waitress admitted to being a bit distracted. She shared that her boyfriend’s father had just passed and she was trying to support him but was unsure how best to do that. My advice (well, I couldn’t help myself) was to trust herself. I said, “You’re a smart girl, trust yourself. You’ll know what’s best.”
She took a deep breath…and then ran back to get me a water with no ice instead of the one filled with ice she had just set down before me.
Trust yourself. It is a conscious activity. Not a reaction, but a response. You learn to trust yourself by allowing time and space for the head and the heart to align with each other. The connection comes with the breath. And the more you practice, the more it becomes habit, and the more confident you feel.
It becomes more than trusting yourself…it becomes trusting the Universe, the Divine, God. Trusting it to come through you, whatever it is you need. Wisdom, strength, guidance. Trusting yourself doesn’t mean you’ll always know for sure. It means aligning head and heart, listening, and taking the next step. It means taking that step knowing it’s the next best one at that moment.
Practicing
Paula
