What If What's in Front of You Is All You Need?

God loves you. That's an interesting concept to bring into health and wellness. But stay with me, what could it mean for you if no matter what situation or condition you found yourself, you knew this to be true? Not like I'm trying to convince you, but for you to know this as your reality.

For me, as I wrote out the curriculum for the School of Attention with the goal of a stepwise way to help people to see truly, I wrote out 6 foundations and this is at the heart of one of the foundations. I practice these foundations myself so it's a question I ask myself in some situations to reground me.

For example, when I find myself in a busy situation that is not going as I envisaged or I think I'm pressed on time or about to miss something or even discouraged, I pause and remind myself that God loves me, and in light of that truth, what if whatever situation I thought I needed to change or control was just exactly as it was supposed to be? What if I had capability to handle whatever challenge I was facing just by staying present and examining what is in my hands, what is in front of me to do or what is within my control in the present moment?

The result has been quite interesting, I realized that once I did that, my choices became few and easier to see and make.

This has really been freeing because I found that a lot of the haste or urgency I experience is in trying to grasp at a result in the future that is out of my control, while a lot of worry or regret was in dwelling on the past, perhaps wishing I had done something differently or just ruminating on what is no longer within my control.

So I've started to ask myself a different question, what if what is in front of me right now is all I need regardless of what the situation feels or looks like?

It has changed my response to situations, it has actually made responding much easier and it makes me want to pay attention even more.

I hope you will come on this journey of paying attention to ourselves and our whole lives. The benefits are mindblowing.