I just got off of the phone with a client who I have been working with for a little over a month. She is a badass. She kicks butt at work. But work is ALL she does. She never lets down. As we have been working to expand her life, her heart’s desires have been calling her into the unknown, into uncertainty. And when we stare at uncertainty, typically fear comes up. We just don’t know what’s going to happen. Good stuff maybe? Or bad stuff? A lot of folks tend to think that only bad stuff is going to happen in the unknown, so they stay in their comfort zone. One of the main ailments my client was suffering from is a dis-ease known as F.O.M.O… It’s rampant, pervasive and a dream killer. F.O.M.O., if it dominates your system, WILL prevent you from living your best life at your highest potential. SO – what is this dis-ease, this dream killer called F.O.M.O.? You may have guessed it, or maybe not. But here it is. Fear Of Missing Out F.O.M.O. says that wherever we are isn’t the right place and that something, somewhere outside of ourselves is bigger, better and shinier. Some place, other than where you are right now, is where you are “supposed” to be. I shouldn’t be HERE, I SHOULD be THERE. F.O.M.O. is another way of SHOULDING all over ourselves. And when we should all over ourselves, we deny Grace, we deny Divine Timing, we deny the miracle that is within the present moment waiting to be seen. Einstein once said that we have a choice, “Either EVERYTHING is a miracle or NOTHING is a miracle,” he said. I deduce that from the very small point of view of being human, that we don’t have the intelligence or macro-pattern recognition available to us to truly interpret events as “bad” or “good”. We can either see EVERYTHING as a miracle or NOTHING as one. We get to choose. The implications of what Einstein said are vast. For the purposes of this blog, I’m going to keep it simple and focused. Wherever you ARE is PERFECT. You have been GUIDED there. And wherever you think you need to be is an illusion. The present moment, where you are, what you are doing is PERFECT and MIRACULOUS. Miracles, like Grace, can be wonderful – or they can be a kick in the teeth (in the moment). But in the long run, from the MACRO point of view, we will see why things had to be the way that they are and were. If you choose to see EVERYTHING has a miracle, then where you are right now is perfect. There is nowhere to run to; there is nothing else to do except be in this moment and allow what is to be. From that place of radical acceptance MAJOR change can happen. The first step in any transformational experience is acceptance and surrender to the present moment the way that it is. From that place we have the awareness, humility and POWER to change what is. You might have F.O.M.O. – but if this moment is a miracle, there is nothing to chase or run away to, if this is IT… then what would life be trying to show you? What are you learning? Where is the miracle in this moment? If you have been guided to where you are RIGHT NOW, where is the mira Mastin
Posted on: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 14:04:05 +0000