When I say trust the process, what comes to mind? The basic idea looks like this. When we plant seeds, and when I say seeds, I mean ideas, plans, disicplines, whatever it is we put into place that leads toward your dream, your goals, trusting the process is letting go and allowing that ‘seed’ to sprout. Much easier of course when talking literally about the plant world, but with some inner work, very effective in life.
For instance, an oak tree is hard-wired into the acorn. It has no other option but to become.
It’s kind of like blind faith. It’s about believing, or knowing that everything works out.
Nature provides us with many examples. One of the best ones I know is the metamorphosis of a butterfly. I read the story of someone who wanted to help the poor struggling butterfly emerge from the cocoon. They gently cut away the chrysalis. After getting the butterfly out, it couldn’t fly as it was weighed down by the excess meconium. That’s what that goop is called.
The process of the struggle, of working its way out of the cocoon squeezes off the right amount of meconium and the rest goes into the exoskeleton to create and support the wing infrastructure. This hardens and enables the butterfly to fly.
I was talking to a friend the other day and he said that when he lets go and trusts the process, everything goes well. And therein lies the rub …. Letting go. Whaaat? We like to have control over our projects and carry them through to completion.
How much do you trust yourself? If you think about it, I’m betting you’ve earned a fair amount of trust in yourself up to this point in your life, because you’ve handled everything that’s come across your path.
Here’s a journal prompt… Write about an event that worked out even tho it didn’t look like it was going to. And even tho you didn’t have control over it, and it … just… worked out, did it turn out to be for the best?
As we embrace this concept, good things happen to us, we become calmer, more patient, we have confidence in ourselves and the world around us. We pay more attention, which enhances our awareness, and facilitates our growth.
We are a work in progress. Trust the process.
It is always on our side.
Just sayin’