Your anchor is the Now, as you sail to the future
We can not control all the variables and steps to achieve our desired outcome and measure of success. But there is nothing wrong with planning the actions and assuming a level of control.
It's OK to set an intention. It's OK to plan actions. It's OK to assume a level of control and aspiration. After all, it is very unlikely that our desired outcome or goal will manifest through no action...
But we are not the only actor playing a role in the story. We have no superpower that controls all the variables. ( though if you do, drop me a message, as I'm totally up for a collaboration 😉🤣✌️)
But there are three things within our control..
1. ACTION. We can choose and commit to the action we will take.
2. ATTITUDE. We can choose and commit to an open hearted, curious and kind attitude to what unfolds.
3. ACCEPTANCE. We can choose to commit to an acceptance of whatever the outcome is. We can detach from a specific measure of success, with gratitude and compassion towards ourselves and others, and remain open and curious to the learning, opportunities, and possibilities that unfold along the way.
There are an infinite number of possibilities and pathways in our future.
Stay in the present. In the power of now. This will reduce levels of anxiety and suffering, quell fears and quieten the negative mind chatter. All that noise internally and externally is our conditioning that feeds our limiting beliefs and suffering. Noise that is not our true self or our potential.
It's not always easy, but it is doable. I speak from a place of experience. A place where I've frequently become untethered... by the past pain as the narrator to the presents sufferings, and the fears for the future removing the moments light.
You're anchor is the now. This present. It's the light.
Be patient, kind, and compassionate, with respect to self. Be in the now. And within the unfolding path, you will find peace, joy and possibility 🙏