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Sometimes our lives contract before
they expand. We may be working hard on ourselves spiritually, doing good
in the world, following our dreams, and wondering why we are still facing
constrictions of all kinds — financial, emotional, or physical. Perhaps
we even feel as if we’ve lost our spirituality and are stuck in a dark
room with no windows. We may be confused and discouraged by what appears
to be a lack of progress. But sometimes, this is the way things work.
Like a caterpillar that confines itself to a tiny cocoon before it grows
wings and flies, we are experiencing the darkness before the dawn.
When things feel tight, it’s easy to
panic or want to act in some way to ease the feeling of constriction. We
also might spin our wheels mentally, trying to understand why things are
the way they are. However, there is nothing we need to do at this time other
than be patient and persevering. We can cling to the awareness that we
are processing the shift from one stage to another, and the more we
surrender to the experience, the more quickly we will move through the
tightness into the opening on the other side. Just like a baby making its
way down the birth canal, we may feel squeezed, pushed, and very
uncomfortable, but if we remember that we are on our way to being born
into a new reality, we will find the strength to carry on.
Even as we endure the contractions, we
can find peace within ourselves if we remember to trust the universe. We
can look to the natural world for inspiration as we see that all beings
surrender to the process of being born. In that surrender and in the center
of our own hearts is a willingness to trust in the unknown as we make our
way through the opening.
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