Life shouldn't be so complicated. Have you ever wondered why it is? Have you ever thought; "why can't I figure this out?" Have you ever said; "I don't have an attitude problem, you have a perception problem?" Why are our lives so complicated?And Even My Reality Check Bounced!
I think living is a lot simpler than what we realize. I think living can be boiled down to three words. Listen, then Act! Listen to what? Act on what? How about listening to that still quiet voice inside your head that is constantly trying to get your attention?
How many times have you had a big issue to deal with and had a thought that you just let pass. Maybe you thought; "no, that won't fix it!" Then another; "nah…that's not
answer either." Now granted, maybe it didn't look like right solution. Maybe it just didn't have right feel, or some elements seemed to be missing.
Well, hardly is any solution as clear as crystal when it first comes to light. There are always some facets of it that need to be hammered out. And, that requires some more "listening." But, most of time we go running off half cocked with partial information and cause ourselves a big pain in neck.
Earlier we said living can be boiled down to three words. Listen then Act. Acting is only half of what we need to do to bring success. The problem is; most people spend ninety percent of time focused on acting and ten percent focused on listening, if any at all.
Waiting Lasts Too Long!
Inherent in listening is an element of patience. And most of time, we find ourselves long on need and short on patience. Living in a microwave world makes it tough to live patiently. But, learning art of listening will make patience seem more tolerable.
Here's why. Waiting on something we desperately need, makes us feel like we are idle and irresponsible. Keeping patience makes us feel like we're doing nothing.
We keep having feeling, "we should be doing something." Maybe you have heard saying, "if it is to be, it's up to me!" Maybe so, but, not necessarily Tonto. You have some help you may not even know about.
Patience just doesn't conjure up right kind of emotions in us to be still that long. The more time passes more impatient we become. But, Listening seems to be, and feels more like a pro-active function that we can tolerate.
Easy AS ABC!
It feels, at least somewhat, that we are doing something constructive to completion of this problem. And good part about listening is, that it's our spirit trying to give us answers we need.
But, to make this an analogy; our spirit is a perfect gentleman/lady. He never imposes himself on our desires. If we want to go off half cocked, he will just be silent till we calm down. When we finally get quiet, he will give leading once again.
Maybe that just answered a question that many have had about why inspiration comes so sporadically. Have you ever had to wait till fifty ninth second to get an answer you needed?
At very last moment of truth, you were finally and totally out of all answers, ready to just let happen whatever was going to happen, and in quietness of your mind and body your spirit sends answer. Personally, for me, this happens mostly when I'm totally out of all resources to help myself.
Getting Over The Hump!
Have you ever said this to someone; "the answer is just on tip of my tongue?" That's a pretty good sign you need to get quiet and spend a little time listening to your spirit. He's trying to give you answers and you are too busy doing "stuff", that's going nowhere, and wandering around, for forty years, on back side of desert.
