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when is it time?

it’s always unlikely until it’s inevitable. the greatest things almost didn’t exist. and now, because they do, of course they exist. we love this story. it helps us believe that we are somehow held and guided. even when it looks like nothing is happening, something is happening.

it’s not true that we have to see to believe. we believe and often expect the invisible. for example, how upsetting is it for the internet to go out? for the microwave to stop working? for the radio to give you static instead of the right frequency? we expect and demand the invisible to work for us. many more important things are like this, like gravity and like God, supporting all potentialities and all actualities.

some things you have to believe before you can see. you will have to get everyone out of your way (be stubborn) and you will have to get out of your own way (don’t be stubborn). lovingly. in a way that makes you bigger and not smaller. expansion over contraction. “how” is as important as “what,” and you’ll also have to know when. do you wait until you’re pushed (from the outside) or do you wait until you’re pulled (from the inside)?

when is it time to take the path of least resistance and when is it time to walk until the path appears? it depends on what is at stake. if it’s for the protection, preservation or growth of your soul, you walk by inner rather than outer certainty. if it’s anything else, chop wood and collect water on the path of least resistance. and remember the two paths: the one in your mind and the one below your feet. only the mind path can make that same water feel heavier or lighter as you walk it up the everyday hill.

you get to choose your regrets: you can regret the thing you did or you can regret the thing you didn’t do. all your life, you’re making this choice, even if you are unaware. so become aware. choose expansion, choose love, and love harder.