So, what next?

So, what? Tell me what? I have no idea what I now face, what to do next. I feel lost as I absorb the notion of freedom from obligation. Focus now seems harder with no obvious target for my energies. Simply doing what comes to mind and feels right is not as easy as it sounds. It takes practice and patience, in fact infinite patience. It is patience that “tops the chart” in terms of importance in living life fully, for only with patience is it possible to enjoy the entire process.

At first it feels like having a tooth extracted, it feels so painful. Yet in time, it becomes a welcome friend, freeing the mind of unrealistic expectation and resultant disappointment. What had seemed my enemy at first glance is, in fact, a major gift, a slow gift to be given wings yet one distinctly beneficial in all its aspects. As I pen these words and sense a little of the peace that comes with patience, expectations fade and with it the pain of frustration and disappointment.

So it is then that I end my quest with nothing but this helpful reminder of how to rise above life’s frustrations, simply and without mind-altering chemicals and toxicants, following my heart to what feels right and nothing else. That too is a gift!