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There is a perspective that can make your life a lot easier and elevate fear, anxiety, and stress. It doesn’t even have to be true. It’s the idea that the future is, in a way, predetermined. Combined with the belief in a benevolent universe, it can bring about inner peace and tranquility amid any kind of turmoil and challenges.
“I am calm. A wave of boundless harmony, peace, relaxation, and silence washes over me. Everything that will happen has already been determined, wisely thought out, and is already done, and no one can change that. So let it happen, what is already determined - I am infinitely calm.“ Martin Kojc
In my writing, I have mentioned how I sometimes envy people with strong faith, a belief in some higher force that takes care of everything. Whether that is God, the Universe, or some other invisible force, matters not. It’s the faith, the belief behind the idea, that matters. The certainty and conviction. It must indeed be nice.
It also doesn’t matter if it’s objectively true or not.
If one firmly believes that everything will always work out, has zero doubt, and does everything with the highest of convictions, the odds of success lay heavily on their side. Call it what you will, that I do believe.
I have no desire to convince anyone of the existence of such a higher power, nor do I care what you call it. I do, however, feel that we are all connected in this unity, oneness on some higher or deeper level. I have also personally experienced this connection through situations that could be interpreted as coincidences by the rational mind but defy all odds and follow a repeating pattern.
When you let go, everything is taken care of.
That pattern is that when I let go, when I surrender my will and trust that everything will be taken care of, whatever I am worrying about, when I truly and completely let go, and not a moment sooner, everything does somehow, almost magically work out. Things that were just outside my reach for an eternity and for which I have worked so hard, with no success, suddenly come calling my name.
When I stop pushing and forcing my will upon life, life stops resisting me and offers its help freely. This principle has many names. I like “The Law of Reverse Effort.”
The more you push, seek, and want something, the more life resists and pushes back against you.
The more you let go and release your grip on fate, the more life starts working for or with you.
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