Letting Things Be

This has been what we've been learning over the past couple of years, that is Letting Things Be, allowing things to happen.  True, it goes counter to our usual instincts in our society, WHERE we are the doers, the creators of our own destiny, making things happen.  All along, this is WHAT I was taught from my early age that we should NOT allow things to happen because, from WHATEVER perspective, that seems to show our PASSIVENESS📗📙📘

Frankly, in the past, I was NOT one WHO would let things happen instead of making then happen, to let go of things.  BUT what betrays us is that our learnings till to date tend to enlighten us more.  BUT that control we think we have over our lives and our destinies, that is an illusion.  We've heard so many 'horror stories', LIKE the woman WHO lost her father to death, LIKE the family WHO lost their home to the raging typhoon, LIKE the entrepreneur WHOSE business went bankrupt, LIKE the cyclist WHO got hit by a skidding car.  So, it happens every day, WHERE we think we're in control WHEN we're NOT.  There's just so much out of control out there that we think is control is really just that, an illusion❎❎❎

Talking about controlling, psychologists are encouraging us to control more about mind, for us to see the cow and her pasture as a form of allowing things to happen, instead of tightly controlling something, you're opening up, giving it more room, a bigger pasture.  In the end, the cow will be happier, will roam around, will do as it pleases and yet our needs will be met as well.  The same is true of anything else, stepping back and allowing things to happen means things will take care of themselves, and your needs will also be met.  Let's imagine allowing things to happen naturally and things work out, and all you did was smile and watch.  You DON'T even have to worry about shaping things, about controlling something that DOESN'T want to be controlled.  You DON'T have to push and fix leaks OR even put our fires.  Instead, you just let things work on their own😂😂😂

Not to paint a rosy picture BUT can we envision allowing things to happen naturally, with things working out on its own, and all you did was smile watch?  WHERE you DON'T have to worry about shaping things, about controlling something that DOESN'T want to be controlled, WHERE you DON'T have to push and fix leaks and out out fires?  Instead, you let things work on their own.  YES they do happen.  And assuming we allow something to happen, you may even want it to go a certain way, to a certain outcome.  BUT WHAT IF you let go of that idea?  WHAT IF you say instead "I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN" [BTW, you really DON'T] and WHAT IF you say "LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS".  Then things will happen BUT not the way you planned OR expected it?  The outcome might even be completely different than WHAT you'd hope for.  BUT it can still be great though, BUT probably just different.  WHO knows, it ends up surprisingly pleasant???

Our takeaway:  Let us learn HOW things work.  Instead of trying to make things work the way you want them to work, WHY DON'T we watch them work out?  We'll then learn much more about human nature as we see things work without us controlling it.  WHO knows, it might even change you and me.  Looking back, many things played out in my life which were way beyond my control.  BUT in the midst of things, I kept reminding myself that I should control WHAT I can control.  And for those 'uncontrollables', I would brace myself for the possible scenarios that may unfold, from the best-case scenario to the worst-case scenario.  At the end of the day, LETTING THINGS BE augurs well for us!!!