I admit it. I can be a control freak! I like to plan and organize things so they are easy and smooth. For some reason, I think MY way is THE way to live my life and can get frustrated when my plan gets interrupted.
Having kids helped me to release some of my need to think I control things. When the boys were younger, I would create my plan, only to realize that I couldn’t leave the house on time because one of the kids had spilled something down the front of his outfit, or one had “a diaper blow-out” or I couldn’t find a favorite toy, forgot the diaper bag, etc.
As they have gotten older, the delays and interruptions have changed. Preteens don’t have diaper blow-outs, but they can forget to tell me about a mandatory practice (which wasn’t on my schedule), they can lose their cell-phones, forget their homework, or need a permission slip signed TODAY, etc.
My continual lesson is to be aware of Divine Order in my life. RELAX! It is ALL in order…even when it doesn’t go according to MY plan. All of the delays and interruptions (no matter how frustrating) are part of the divine plan.
My quest is to become consciously aware of the ever-unfolding divine plan and allow my life to flow, which means not trying to control it all and not getting stressed out when interruptions happen.
This quote from DailyOM.com, hit home for me:
We often get so caught up in trying to direct and control every aspect of our lives that we become frustrated when people don’t cooperate with our desires or events don’t turn out as we had planned. Our willingness to step back and release the need to be in control allows the universe to orchestrate events in our favor. We then feel relaxed because we aren’t trying to force events to conform to our expectations, and we develop a stronger sense of optimism that everything will work out in exactly the right way at exactly the right time. Your feelings of frustration will melt away today if you release your expectations and allow the universe to work on your behalf.
I’m curious — how do you melt your feelings of frustration and allow divine timing to work for you?