(Madisyn Taylor)
The hardest thing about saying yes to the universe is that it means accepting everything life puts in front of us. Most of us have a habit of going through our days saying no to the things we don't like and yes to the things we do, and yet, everything we encounter is our life. We may be afraid that if we say yes to the things we don't like, we will be stuck with them forever, but really, it is only through acknowledging the existence of what's not working for us that we can begin the process of change. So, saying yes doesn't mean indiscriminately accepting things that don't work for us. It means conversing with the universe and starting the conversation with a very powerful word … yes.
When we say yes to the universe, we enter into a state of trust that whatever our situation is, we can work with it. We express confidence in ourselves, and the universe, and we also express a willingness to learn from whatever comes our way, rather than running and hiding when we don't like what we see. The question we might ask ourselves is what it will take for us to get to the point of saying yes. For some of us, it takes coming up against something we can't ignore, escape, or deny, and so we are left no choice but to say yes. For others, it just seems a natural progression of events that leads us to making the decision to say yes to life.
The first step to saying yes is realizing that in the end it is so much easier than the alternative. Once we understand this, we can begin examining the moments when we resist what is happening, and experiment with occasionally saying yes instead. It might be scary at first, and even painful at times, but if we continue to say yes to every moment through the process, we will discover the joy of being in a positive conversation with a force much bigger than ourselves.
My Thoughts:
Initially this confused me, even though I know this is all about empowerment and having control over our own lives. I wonder just how often we get the choice to say yes or no to what is thrown at us? I mean, most of the time ‘life’ has a nasty habit of ploughing through our wants and needs, destined for a route that it has decided, and we have no option but to follow.
Then I got to thinking that too often it doesn’t actually matter what we say.
Sometimes we have to weather all that is directed to us because we have no control over the others that are around us. As we go through the various stages of life we are governed by people and their notion of want is expected of us. It is rare that we are actually in a position to make major choices.
So, maybe it’s more about having power over how we deal with what is thrown in our direction.
Having the power to decide how we react to what is demanded of us and in that way, we have the control over how it affects us, especially psychologically. Saying ‘yes’ to getting through everything as best you can has got to be good for our mental health.