By Tia C. Wahl
While it is my intention to be inspired in each and every moment of my life to create who and what I wish to be in this world, my plans don’t always work out the way I have them in mind. Often, I find that there are gaps between those moments of inspiration, and I have to find gratitude for those not-so-pleasant instants and the value they offer as growth opportunities.
Case in point: The other day my truck had some trouble and I almost didn’t make it to work. I did make it, and for that I was grateful. Then, I almost didn’t make it home. Once again, I did make it home, and I was grateful. However, it was a bit of a rough time. My truck was having serious issues; I was driving down the road at 15 mph because that is as fast as it would go without potentially blowing up the engine. I needed my truck to get back and forth to work, and I didn’t have the money to fix what ails it.
In the midst of trying to figure out how to keep my car moving, I opened my mail to a shut-off notice from the electric company. I kept moving forward. I spoke to my son’s father, who is a mechanic, and he walked me through a process of spraying grease up into my transmission to patch the problem. Then I needed to take some pictures to show him. I have a small SUV, which sits fairly low to the ground, so there isn’t much space underneath. Having truck parts that close to my face, and my body, gave me a bit of anxiety as I crawled around under the carriage.
During this process, I thought about my finances and my electric bill…and I could feel the weight slowly building. I crawled out from underneath my truck, hung my head, and said a prayer of surrender. I let go of it, to the best of my ability, so that the problems could work themselves out without my attachment to them.
Later that night, I had a chance to process the events of the day, and I remembered to be inspired to create who and what I wish to be in relationship to my experiences. Then the next day I remembered to be grateful for what happened. I really do see life as being full of opportunities, even when those opportunities appear to be disguised as problems.
I must remember that each moment is perfect and that Spirit and my Higher Self are always guiding me to my Highest Good because it is my intent to be guided in such a manner.
I often hear spiritual and personal growth thought leaders talk about becoming one with the moment and flowing with it. I couldn’t agree more. Yet, on the spiritual path, on my way to remembering most of the time to be inspired by the moment, on my way to remembering most of the time to accept each moment and become one with it, on my way to remembering to stay present and have gratitude, I have those times when everything seems to start weighing heavy on my soul, and I hang my head. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does I need to recognize these are the subtle growth opportunities that most people don’t acknowledge or talk about.
In these moments, we need to remember that it is okay to feel heavy, but we must not get attached to that heaviness and get stuck in it.
Feel it and acknowledge the feeling of it. Sometimes that is all a feeling needs: to be recognized, to be voiced, and to be heard, so that it can be processed, healed, and let go. I have learned the hard way that not recognizing those feelings is detrimental to one’s health in so many ways.
It is so important to acknowledge a challenging moment, to see it, accept it, and allow it to be what it is. Then we can flow into deciding who and what we wish to be in relationship to the experience during that point in time. It makes sense. After all, how can you decide who you wish to be in relationship to a moment that you refuse to see, be in, or accept?
If we don’t acknowledge the existence of the moment, we forfeit our opportunity to create what we truly desire in it.
It’s okay to have a moment, to hang your head, to pray, to surrender, and to allow the universe to recreate a better outcome. We can be awe-struck by a moment or we can choose to allow it to strike us down. The choice is up to us.
Tia C. Wahl developed and offers a coaching concept that utilizes spirituality and creativity, along with other healing modalities, to help guide people on their healing journeys back to wholeness. Tia is currently studying Holistic Healthcare with a concentration in Mind Body Transformational Psychology and an emphasis in Spiritual Studies at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. Her goal is to provide a loving, compassionate, and safe space in which to facilitate the healing of others through the use of creativity, coaching, hypnotherapy, nutrition, and intuition. Contact Tia at dreamcre8inspire@gmail.com .