Choice and Control

I just had the realization that I can choose my state of being. Maybe not my mind, but beneath that I can choose to rest in the peace that is there. Why do I forget this?

I don't have to be swept away with my crazy monkey mind. I don't have to be saddened by my stress or insecurity of the future. I can choose to be in the present and be with the peace that is always available to me. All I have to do is choose to be there. Let the mind wash over me as it will, let the stresses and worries just rush past as they will.

I read this great statement about being more like water. How we tend to be too solid and run into walls and persist in pushing through when instead we could flow like water around whatever the obstacle may be. Flow with what is, being flexible and allowing. Allowing people to abuse us as they may, but like water giving with the punches and accepting whatever may be.

Water or a river doesn't choose it's path, it takes the path it is given. It flows where it can and allows itself to be shaped by what already exists and goes with the flow.

The moment I see this and allow myself to flow with whatever my mind is experiencing, I feel an overwhelming sense of relief. The simple act of acceptance and allowing brings with it such a sense of well being. The act of giving up the delusion of control is one of the smartest things we can do for our own happiness and peace of mind.