Learning to Trust the Process

How many of you have been told by the spiritual teachers that you need to “trust the process?” I know I have heard it and when challenging times come, I tell myself to trust the process. But what I find is when I am scared, trust is hard to come by.

My early training was to rely on myself, not to trust that anyone would help me. And in my childhood that thinking may have served me. But I am not a child anymore and I have come to see as I look back on my life that difficult experiences were there to help me. I may have needed to strengthen some aspect of myself or to be completely redirected toward my true life purpose. Each and every hard experience led to me being stronger and living closer to my true desires.

So now, each and every one of us is being challenged intensely.  I honestly don’t know anyone who is not being asked to dig deep within themselves for new answers. Now is the time for us to practice trusting that what is happening will be in our highest good, no matter how it appears in the moment. Having hindsight can be a help. Reminding our friends when they start to doubt is a kindness. Supporting each other through these rough times is the gift we have to offer each other. Believing that there is a purpose to the pain is sometimes the only way we can keep moving forward.

I believe that we came to this life to learn to give and receive love and each of these hard experiences, opens us up. We are vulnerable and we can’t keep our walls up even if we want to do that.  Kindness is able to penetrate us and we are able to be touched by the love that surrounds us. We are able to experience a deep connection with life and others.

Please allow yourself to be loved and supported as you walk through this turbulent times. Know that you are on the right path and being guided to your next step. Believe that you will ultimately be better for this experience. Trust the process.