Control vs Trust

Control vs Trust




Since my “Three Questions” exercise a couple of days ago, I have been in a somewhat quiet and reflective place. I've taken a look again at where stress comes from in my life and I see that it is largely tied up in my need to control and get rid of things I don't like in my circumstances. I don't like financial struggle, so I try to fix it by getting rid of it and controlling it. When I am stressed or worried about something, I keep expecting it to be different, so I avoid and resist accepting it and embracing it.



Growth is more about acceptance of “what is” than having things be the way I want them to be in a given moment. This ultimately becomes an issue of trust. I think about Jesus' teaching: “Consider the lilies, they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass...how much more does he clothe you?”



We live in an abundant universe. We focus so much on scarcity and lack that we miss some good stuf. Our attempts to control blocks our ability to trust in that fundamental abundance and goodness of all of life.



I listened to a talk today that speaks to this. Check it out and see if it resonates with you. It did with me.



http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/brene_brown_on_vulnerability.html



Blessings,



Gary