I wasn’t planning on posting this today. I’m posting this for myself as I saw that I need to be reminded of this.
The world screams in neon lights that we need to “make it happen” and “just do it,” but I’ve noticed that something profound happens when I stop pushing, striving, or trying to “make it happen.” There’s a calm peace that descends, and instead of trying to “just do it,” I find myself being carried in ways that I clearly did not orchestrate. It’s not that nothing gets done. Quite the contrary. Although it usually doesn’t look anything like I thought things should or would look, it is always so much better. I learned a long time ago that I am very willing to accept crumbs when there is an infinite banquet being offered to me. When I allow instead of strive, I see that banquet that I was invited to but was crouched in a dark corner with my crumbs instead.
It’s not always easy to rest from striving when everything seems to scream that “Something needs to be done. Dammit!” It can take work and great effort sometimes to refrain from striving. I know that having to work hard at not doing something is paradoxical, but it seems to be the way it goes sometimes. I can only say that you really have to try it for yourself, take it into the laboratory of your own life, and put it to the test to see what results you get. From my own many experiences, I know that this gets more accomplished than all my years of striving ever did.
So, this is a note to me today: To row this boat gently down the stream…because life is but a dream.
So, this is a note to me today: To row this boat gently down the stream…because life is but a dream.
Princess Sassy Pants & Co.™ 
I only get into a real mess when I try to force stuff to happen. I learned the hard way to take a deep breath and mentally put it all into God’s hands, then it all works out as it should.
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IWALU
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Beautifully said. Thank you!
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I feel stuck and forced to eat crumbs sometimes. This is probably due to my disability. When I was a 19-month-old boy I got run over by a car, and that put me in a coma for about a couple of months. Growing up I used to feel left out of a lot of events. Thank goodness we have Zoom now! Do you ever do Zoom?
Your friend, Drew
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Such a timely reminder – I am recovering from a brain bleed. I keep thinking I need to start “getting things done.”
I also feel like there’s so much to take care to do to “get back to it.” People at work get keep asking when I will be back and I have no answers.
🌸I do love flowers so the blooming’ ready is a perfect reminder.
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I love this gentle reminder
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From this LATE BLOOMER, row – on !
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