REleasing Struggle

"Being happy doesn't mean everything looks perfect and ideal every minute of the day.  It means that life is unfolding without struggle.  Anxiety and insecurity aren't our companions.  And the best time of our lives is now." -Deepak Chopra

The idea of moving through challenge without struggle is foreign to many of us.  The secret is in the now. Be in the moment, even with the difficulty.  You might be surprised at how much less struggle there is when you are simply present.

Possessed

"You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger." - August Wilson

When I came across this quote today it made more sense to me than ever before.

Not too awfully long ago I was working with my coach and feeling particularly challenged.  I said to her, I feel like I am possessed.  Her answer was, "That might be because it is like you are."  I laughed. Not exactly what one might want to hear, but it really validated the way I felt."  There was a huge lump of uncomfortable feeling in the pit of my stomach that seemed like it was taking over me.  I was reacting to everything in my path.  I wasn't until I was able to really get present with it that it dissolved into this peaceful beingness that now seems like a refuge in a storm. Now after reading that quote I am realizing, I am becoming more me.