Good News! They are not in charge ….

Have you ever had a moment when something you’ve seen your entire life suddenly shifts—and you really see it?

I’ve had more of those moments recently. Maybe because I have been looking for them, expecting them.

But there is one that I remember clearly, and often return to when I need to remind myself how abundance works.

The Tree

It happened years ago while standing in a friend’s backyard in San Diego.

My two young daughters and I had just made a huge leap of faith, moving from Los Angeles with no job and no money. I’d just graduated from UCLA, and we were staying with friends while I searched for work. The panic I was trying so hard to hide kept clawing its way to the surface.

So I stepped outside and looked across the canyon. Then I looked up.

A massive tree grew at the edge of the yard, its limbs stretched out into the yard, and all of its leaves shaded where I was standing.

All those leaves.

Abundance, right in front of me.

I felt the depth of it wash over me. God, Spirit, Soul, Infinite, Mind—whatever name you give to the infinite intelligence that sustains Life in every moment—provided all those leaves. Could It not also provide for me?

Of course it could. And would.

I knew in that moment I could trust that provision. All I had to do was be willing to follow direction—to follow what Obi-Wan Kenobi calls The Force.

Over the years, whenever panic rises, that tree comes back to me. Those leaves remind me: I’ve leaped off life cliffs before, trusting it was the right thing to do.

Abundance. Leaves. Provision.

The Snow

This winter, snow reminded me again of the principle of abundance.

I looked up from writing and saw snow covering everything in a white blanket. Without me doing anything. Without anyone doing anything.

And here’s what stopped me cold: No one—no matter how worldly powerful—could do anything to stop it.

Snow was going to happen.

The realization moved through my entire being: I am not in charge. You aren’t in charge. They aren’t in charge.

The only thing I could control was how I felt about it and what I did with it. That’s it.

None of us are in charge of snow.

Imagine that.

We’re not in charge of anything, really.

From our breath to the falling snow, we’re not making it happen.

We couldn’t if we tried. No matter how competent we feel, we will never be in control of Life itself.

What We Can Do

All we can do is shift our perception to see the abundance constantly available to us.

Find our part in seeing and supporting the harmony of the universe.

We can let go of anything that doesn’t serve an abundant life. We can listen to and follow the perfect guidance of the One Life.

Because no matter how much we try, there’s nothing else we can do to make Life happen. It happens outside our control, which is the best news ever.

Life is in charge. Life is the infinite intelligence of the universe, and its principle is Love.

Our job is to shift our perception to that Truth, and live it.

Leaves. Snow. Breath.

So profound, yet so simple.

The Truth We Know

You’ve had these unforgettable moments too—the ones that reveal the truth of who we are and what the Infinite One is.

Let’s not forget what we know, even as the world tries to make everything complicated and manipulative. We don’t have to play that game.

After all, it’s our choice what we do with what we’ve been given.

And what we’ve been given is more than we can comprehend.

More than the leaves on all the trees in the world, or the flakes of snow falling from the sky.

Because leaves and snow are only two symbols out of countless reminders we see in every moment, Infinite Life consistently provides and is always in control.

Not me. Not you. Not them.

Thank God.

PS
The day after I wrote this I got this TT4T.

Yes, I send my own stuff to myself.

I too have to be constantly reminded about the Truth of Life.

But don’t you love how the universe lined this up? Once again, I had nothing to do with it.

Or you. Or them.