Life in the slow lane
“At the core of our being we are love, and we are wired for deep inner peace.” –Jill Boelte Taylor
Last week, I scoured through old file cabinets looking for the ISBN numbers I bought 30 years ago when I self-published Jumpstart Your Metabolism. This was before Simon & Schuster eventually bought it.
Not only did I find novels and screenplays I’d forgotten I’d written, but I found rubber slugs, kazoos, whoopie cushions, clever gifts from Taz and reminders of the gazillion places I once wrote travel articles about.
And wow! Did I ever manifest a thrilling life! Sleeping in castles and ice hotels, hot air ballooning over the Masai Mara, private Russian ballet performances in St. Petersburg.
But even more thrilling to me is the recent discovery that true happiness doesn’t come from WHAT I’m doing. It comes from how much of ME is doing whatever it is I’m doing.
When my awareness is knotted up in the past or the future, I’m not fully doing anything. Whenever I’m resisting something (and that can be anything from wishing Taz was still here to shaking my head at political divisions), I’m opposing the natural flow of life.
Resistance wastes a tremendous amount of energy and, I’m noticing, it’s actually the cause of most (maybe all?) problems. When I invest my attention in changing or fixing things or not liking something (instead of letting life perform its beautiful, intoxicating dance) the experience of resistance becomes my reality.
The things I most desire (equanimity, guidance, daily delight) are not something to be achieved. They’re right here, ready to be revealed beneath my mind’s resistive thoughts.
I also want to let you know that I’m one of the speakers at an upcoming Wealth Codes Summit. Although my definition of wealth might be different from some of the other speakers—Joe Vitale, Lisa Nichols, John Assaraf and other well-known abundance coaches — I’m honored that I was invited to share my perspective at this FREE, four-day event. You can check it out at this link.
It’s all about manifesting a life of prosperity and abundance.
Which I’m happy to report I enjoy every single moment when I’m fully here, living in my natural state of gratitude and joy.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World).