The hardest
thing about saying yes to the universe is that it means accepting everything
life puts in front of us. Most of us have a habit of going through our days
saying no to the things we don't like and yes to the things we do, and yet,
everything we encounter is our life. We may be afraid that if we say yes to
the things we don't like, we will be stuck with them forever, but really, it
is only through acknowledging the existence of what's not working for us that
we can begin the process of change. So saying yes doesn't mean
indiscriminately accepting things that don't work for us. It means conversing
with the universe, and starting the conversation with a very powerful word --
yes.
When we say yes to the universe, we enter into a state of trust that whatever
our situation is, we can work with it. We express confidence in ourselves,
and the universe, and we also express a willingness to learn from whatever
comes our way, rather than running and hiding when we don't like what we see.
The question we might ask ourselves is what it will take for us to get to the
point of saying yes. For some of us, it takes coming up against something we
can't ignore, escape, or deny, and so we are left no choice but to say yes.
For others, it just seems a natural progression of events that leads us to
making the decision to say yes to life.
The first step to saying yes is realizing that in the end it is so much
easier than the alternative. Once we understand this, we can begin examining
the moments when we resist what is happening, and experiment with
occasionally saying yes instead. It might be scary at first, and even painful
at times, but if we continue to say yes to every moment through the process,
we will discover the joy of being in a positive conversation with a force
much bigger than ourselves.
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