Shifting the Mind

As we are just 2 weeks away from Labor Day, the end of summer for many, I have been reflecting on my summer. For me this summer has been a summer of reflection and letting go. Embracing, or learning to embrace change. Learning to let go of control.

I never though of myself as a controlling person. What I have come to realize that my own difficulty is in letting go of what I think is supposed to happen. I get stuck in my mind and fight, at times, the shift that is right in front of me. I can relate this to dance in this way, I get frustrated with myself when I don't understand something I think I should know, instead of dancing it and making the mistake, I get upset. Dance with Intention he says, just move. In life we get stuck in what we think SHOULD happen. My dissertation topic SHOULD get endorsed, the University SHOULD help me, those who hurt me SHOULD apologize...I could go on. This is control. The SHOULDS, the fight for what we think SHOULD happen.

So the shift is letting go. Follow the path to a better place, a better dance, the music of life that is leading the shift. As summer goes to fall...as the music of life is heard...allow the mind to listen and let go...Enjoy the dance.