Things get better. Maybe not right away or in the ways that we expect them to, but strife and struggle have a way of working themselves through our lives in the ways that matter, and whether we see it or not, we are to be made stronger for it.
Our greatest teacher of all is the present moment. Releasing expectation releases endorphins. The less energy we exert on expectation, the more positive energy we invite into our complex, chaotic, restless fucked up lives. Serenity is not the absence of stress. It is the absence of resistance to what is.
One of the things I learned from my mentor awhile back was that the more we utilize our intuition and seek the sense of balance that comes along with satisfying our intuitive prompts, the more our brain tends to seek that balance. It craves objectivity.
Eventually, it becomes knee jerk to release expectation and to rationalize with our souls instead of our impulses.
Impulses are a good thing. The need to return a lover's affections; the sudden urge to eat certain foods or drink water instead of something laden with sugar; the need to preserve the physical and emotional sanctity that comes with owning a home.
All of these are triggered by our biological needs.
The problem with impulses is that they are incapable of regulation. They often arise at the wrong time for the wrong reasons.
In order to begin utilizing our impulses as guides, we need to familiarize ourselves with them and train our brains to recognize them as they occur. As we release expectation in the wake of becoming aware of those impulses, we condition our brains to allow us to observe our stress instead of owning it.
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