A Common Path

What do you do when things don’t work out the way you want or expect? Many people think that they have to be in control of everything and when they are not they fear the results!

One major question might be; do you believe in circumstance and coincidence or do you believe that everything happens for a reason? If you believe in circumstance and coincidence, then you need to try to control as much as you can. To let things just run wild with no direction would be unthinkable! The problem comes when things don’t go your way. It is so easy to start thinking that you are not doing things right, less than you should be, a loser!

If things happen for a reason, then you can let go of the outcome of events, knowing that they turned out for the best somehow. You may think this is an unreasonable way to live, that it is irresponsible, but then, what do you believe is behind the reason?

If you believe that there is some sort of Higher Being, call it God, the Infinite, the Source, whatever your term, then things turn out due to the overall flow of that Creative Force. Let me give you an example.

Each Sunday, I video my sermon at the church I serve and post them on the church’s website. This last Sunday, the person who usually does the taping was not there and I asked someone else to step in. They didn’t get a single second of it. They didn’t quite understand that camera and thought they were taping when, in fact, they were not. Now, I could have been very upset! My reason for putting the video on the web is so that more people can see it than come to our church. Shut-ins, those who live far away, people on vacation, lots of different people watch that video. They will not see this Sunday’s because it was not taped.

Instead of being angry, I felt that there must have been some reason why it did not get done. Perhaps I said something that would have really hurt someone or caused them to suffer in some way. Perhaps I said something that someone needs to hear, but it was not time yet. I believe the Infinite flows through me and all around me. There are no circumstances, no coincidences. All things flow together for some bigger reason than me. To stay in the flow, to live in the flow of this Divine stream is the only sensible way to live! Any other way is just too stressful.

So back to the question; how do your handle these little bumps in life? Do you have to control them or are you in the flow?

Tags: circumstance, coincidence, control, Flow, God, Infinite

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