"Those who are not governed by reason take the chance that someday the sunken fact will rip the bottom out of their boat."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes~
I used to do a fair amount of "magical" thinking. I used the power of intention to drive me with a kind of fearful urging towards a specific outcome, and then, when the outcome didn't play out exactly as I had intended, I figured I had done something wrong. I believed that there was a guaranteed path to achieve my vision, and if it didn't work out, I must have somehow missed a step along the way. I made no room in this approach for flow or grace or serendipity. I was all about tunnel vision and drive.
I understand now that I have to take responsible action in the direction of my intended result, but then I have to leave it alone. I have to let go. Some things are better left undone and unaccomplished, and that is how the highest good is served.
I can't see the view from every angle, so I have to trust that if something is working out or not working out in a surprising way, there are forces greater than me at work, and somehow or other, even if I can't see it or understand it, all will be well in the end.
