Trust In the Bull$&^!

Trust... What does that look like to you?

To me it looks like surrender. It looks like Santosha (contentment with what is). It looks like serenity. However, to trust is a lot of times easier said than done. To completely trust is to completely let go of what one thinks "should be or could be" and be alright with it.

We don't know what the future holds. We think we do as we go through our daily rituals and it seems like the "same ol', same ol'" but really everything is moving forward, shifting and changing. We just forget to notice until one day boom! It all changes. This doesn't mean that it's a bad thing. There are lots of "booms" in life that are incredible they are just "booms" when we aren't expecting it.

It's in these moments we are challenged with change. Anxiety can run high and thoughts of the future run wild. It's easy to run stories about "what if's". Of course these are the moments we need trust the most to calm our wavering minds. However, it's in the sweet surrender of trust life becomes easy and exciting.

Trust that it's all working in your favor. Trust that all challenges overcome are just growing pains to help you attain to the next level. Trust that what you have to offer is valuable and unique. Trust that what you can't see is better than you can imagine. Trust that you are capable of more than you believe. Trust in the journey your life is taking you and that it will all make sense in the end but the end doesn't need to come too soon.

This is your journey, live it! Trust in it.  I once had a coach share with me an example of what life looks like that has forever stuck with me....

He took a marker to a dry erase board and drew sharp lines up and down, up and down over and over again across the board.
He asked, "What does this look like?"
"A heart beat.", I said.
"Yes!", he exclaimed.
"And, what does this look like?" He drew a flat line across the board.
"Death.", I said confused.
"Precisely",  He replied. "If your life doesn't look like the jagged lines I drew above then your not living!

It's those incredible ups and downs that have us experience life on so many levels. Trust that it's an incredible ride.