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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. 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 with 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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