Things are in full swing. Can you feel it? Truth be told, they've been in full swing for a while now, but suddenly I feel that everyone is waking up and getting on board! Cue that song, "People Get Ready" by Curtis Mayfield.
Maybe I feel this way every spring but I can barely remember last spring so I don't really know. All I know is that right now something in the air is whispering now or never like never before.
Big leaps are happening. Intuitively, I know that now is a time for trust. All big leaps require trust of a certain kind so this one can be no different.
Does your mind ever frantically begin asking questions? Where will I be this time next year? Where will I be this time next week? Do I have enough money? What should I wear? Oh man, what in the world is my skin doing now? How did that audition go? When was the last time I spoke to so and so? Wonder how he/she is doing? How am I doing? And ad infinitum.
Now is when I will employ that gentle, mildly humorous but firm admonition that always gets the point across: Hush. Or if you prefer: Shush. Shoosh. Quiet. Silencio, por favor. Some may just say shut the hell up, but that's really not my style.
The mind loves questions. They give it its favorite work-figuring things out, thinking, ruminating, etc. Thank you, mind. But enough is enough.
Hush.
Again I return to that aching intuition I have that now is the time to trust. All great leaps require it. But trust what?
Trust who?
Read the following with you (not me) in mind. I'm sharp. I'm beautiful. I'm talented and I have had enough courage to have gotten myself this far. Why not trust myself?
It is amazing how many other people we give our trust before we trust ourselves. Most of my life I have read books, had long conversations with friends and anyone who listen, visited websites, taken classes, written journal entries, etc...before I gave myself full permission to trust my own instincts. Those other things are not to be undermined. They have been pivotal to my journey.
But usually when the right course of action is revealed, on some level I feel "I already knew that." Maybe I did already know. Why didn't I just trust my instincts?
The great thing about instincts is that they are there to be trusted and experimented with. Instincts must be used to sharpened. If you never trust yourself you never will. So work it out. Practice trusting yourself. Learn to.
If you take a chance and think you are trusting your instincts and things don't turn out well, then this is an opportunity to figure out where that particular instinct came from.
If you go deeper, you will be able to hear the voice that can never steer your wrong. It always has your best interests at heart. It has no agenda. It does not criticize you and it calls for your highest self to take a step. Just one.
Most likely it will be saying something like, "Let go." "You're fine. "Speak from your heart." "Care less about what others think". "What can you give more of?" "Be generous." "You're loved." "Why not?" Things along those lines.
This voice is yours. It is worthy of your trust. You are worthy of your trust.
Yes things are in full swing. They're swinging your way. Now is the time to trust.
Maybe it's Spring. But maybe it's you..
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