Yesterday as I was driving down Artesia Boulevard a truck in front of me was going too slowly for my taste. It had a bumper sticker that read: "Shut Up and Hold On." About the time the driver turned out of way it occurred to me those words are an effective mantra: shut up and hold on.
We can feel so limited, so conflicted about where we are supposed to be, and how we are supposed to get there. Our intentions get muddled, and before we know it we are wandering through the day in a state of mental road rage; we're apt to become impatient and confused at the same time.
The more we try to figure it all out - sort things, schedule them, pigeon hole the world according to our stubborn, individual will - the more likely we are to fall victim to worry and hopelessness. The truth is we aren't in control; once we sort one scenario in our head, a new one always invades, keeping us permanently trapped in a state of spinning inertia.
The solution is to relax, stop the mental gymnastics, and realize there is nothing that we need within the infinitesimal point of time where we are now. We can be ready - but relaxed also, knowing that we cannot be abandoned and that everything sits exactly as it should. We are perfectly aligned for what is happening right now.
Today I remember to relax, acknowledge any feelings of frustration, uncertainty, or impatience - acknowledge them and then let them go. We aren't in control anyways.
Relax, relax, relax - we don't know exactly where the ride will take us, and that's part of the mystery, of what is happening right now, here, where we are. "Shut up and hold on." That works for me today.
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