Letting Go Of Control

It is said that you can’t see the forest through the trees.  Sometimes you’re so in it and focused on the outcome that you miss the bigger picture.  You’re so worried about working hard to achieve your goals that you miss the beauty around you.  You’re gripping life hard with both hands so as not to let go of control.  However, that sense of needing to control the outcome may be what’s preventing you actually achieving your goals.

Small Steps

Imagine letting go of the steering wheel for once and letting the universe guide you.  Looking for direction for just that one small next step.  Not worrying about having the complete road map to achieving your goals or even what you’re going to do tomorrow.  You’re just taking that one inspired step towards your goals today.

Control

Release the pressure of trying to control everything because you can’t.  Life will continue to throw you curve balls that you’ll never expect.  You also surely can’t control other people and what they do.  The only thing you can control is yourself and how you respond.  You’re doing the best you can with what you know and have right now.  Stop trying to squeeze every ounce of control in life.  There are going to be things you cannot control.  Releasing control does not make you less than or weak.  In fact, it makes you stronger.

Magic

When you’re trying to control everything, you don’t leave room for the magic to happen.  These are the moments that just magically fall into place or the synchronicities in life that make achieving your goals easier.  It seems like everything just flows with ease.  All of a sudden things just start happening and you’re making massive progress towards your goals out of no where.  But, this is the magic.  When you’re trying to control everything, you’ve practically closed the door on allowing that magic to happen.

Letting Go

The universe knows when you’re trying too hard.  It will rarely give you what you want in these cases.  When you fixate too much on achieving your goals and sticking to your plan, you get in your own way.  You become convinced that you know what’s best.  You don’t leave room for the magic.  Instead, you must learn to let go of some control and let the universe guide you.  Let go to let the magic happen.

Pause

The best way to allow for magic to happen in your life is to simply pause.  Be in the silence and stillness.  Your mind is running a million miles an hour trying to achieve your goal.  But, sometimes you just need to slow down in order to speed up.  You have to take breaks, recalculate, gather your thoughts, gain a new perspective, relax, and recharge, etc.  This allows you to reconnect to the universe and let your intuition guide you on which way you should go.

Your Goal Roadmap

You don’t have to have everything perfectly planned in life.  You just need to know where you are and where you’re going.  Know your end destination and what you’re working to achieve.  Next, establish a few big milestones to work towards in order to get there.  Then, have a loose idea of the action steps you need to take.  Lastly, get yourself into action.  The rest will fall into place.  Achieving your goals does not have to be super stressful or difficult.  Let go of trying to control the whole picture and just focus on the next one small step.  As Rumi says, when you walk on the way the way appears.

Take a break from having to control every little detail in life.  There are things beyond your control.  You can’t let that stress you out or worry you.  You just have to be confident in yourself that you’ll be able to figure things out just as you have so far in life.  Focus on taking that one next action step.  Be mindful of how letting go of control allows the magic to flow so that you can more easily achieve your goals in life.