Journey, Not A Destination

Nothing is taken from you
without something better
replacing it.

Sanders G. Laurie
Melvin J. Tucker
CENTERING

It seems that many people are going through a transition right now whether physical, mental or spiritual.  In order to embrace the forthcoming change, we need to make room.  This means getting rid of the old in preparation for the new.   We have behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs that have seized to sustain us.  Perhaps we harbor grudges or criticisms from earlier on taking up space and weighing us down.

If we have a glass of spoiled milk, we do not pour fresh milk into the soured milk.  We throw away the old milk, clean the glass, and pour fresh milk into the glass.  The same is true with our selves.  When we release, we are letting go of things no longer serving us.  When we detach from negative emotion or dependence on  material things, we in a sense cleanse our selves so we can welcome new insight or abundance. 

Results are not always immediate.  The timing is not our own, so it may take awhile for us to notice that a shift has been made.  In hindsight, we see more clearly how things slid into place.  There are times, however, if we are alert, we can experience an 'ah-ha' moment when inspiration, insight, and wisdom overwhelm us all at once.

Measuring progress is a difficult task.  It is best to not be attached to the outcome, but to enjoy the process as it unfolds.    If we daily pay attention, we will realize how goodness arrives in very subtle ways.   In the words of Steven Tyler, "Life is a journey, not a destination."