Embracing uncertainty
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The right tools can help us to see the world in a more life-affirming and
powerful way.

Un-setting your heart means letting go of your picture of how you want it
all to be all.    It means letting go of trying to control things over
which you have no control.   Trust me when I tell you that one of the
prime causes of our suffering is our wanting things to be different than
they are.

Sometimes life doesn't hand us what we want.   And when we un-set our
hearts to our need it all, we can breathe a sigh of relief and open the
door to a more powerful way of living.   It helps us un-set our hearts
when we substitute the words 'I hope' with the words 'I wonder'.

Instead of placing yourself in the middle of the drama with your hopes,
wishes, wants and desires, you have placed yourself in the role of
observer of how it will all turn out - as if you were watching a good
movie unfold.   'How interesting.   I wonder what comes next.'

When you fully understand that you have little control in the external
world, you then have two choices.   You can choose to see yourself as a
'poor-me' victim at the mercy of circumstances.  Or you can choose to
develop the trust that, no matter what happens in your life or in the
world, you will have the inner strength to create something good from it
all.   Hopefully you will choose the latter.

Susan Jeffers