Melody Beattie - More Language of Letting Go: 366 New Daily Meditations

January

Trust That Good

Will Come

January 1
Trust that good will come

It was a slow, boring January day at the Blue Sky Lodge. We had just moved in. The house was a mess. Construction hadnt begun yet. All we had was a plan, and a dream. It was too cold and rainy to skydive or even be outdoors. There wasnt any furniture yet. We were lying around on the floor.

I dont know who got the idea first, him or me. But we both picked up Magic Markers about the same time. Then we started drawing on the wall.

What do you want to happen in your life? I asked. He drew pictures of seaplanes, and mountains, and boats leaving the shore. One picture was a video-camera man, jumping out of a plane. I want adventure, he said.

I drew pictures of a woman tromping around the world. She went to war-torn countries, then sat on a fence and watched. She visited the mountains and the oceans and many exciting places. Then I drew a heart around the entire picture, and she sat there in the middle of all the experiences on a big stack of books.

I want stories, I said, ones with a lot of heart.

Across the entire picture, in big letters, he wrote the word Woohoo.

As an afterthought, I drew a woman sky diver who had just jumped out of the plane. She was frightened and grimacing. Next to her I wrote the words Just relax.

On the bottom of the wall I wrote, The future is only limited by what we can see now. He grabbed a marker, crossed out only, and changed it to never.

There, he said, its done.

Eventually, the house got cleaned up and the construction finished. Furniture arrived. And yellow paint covered the pictures on the wall. We didnt think much about that wall until months later. Sometimes slowly, sometimes quickly, and sometimes in ways wed least expect, each of the pictures wed drawn on that wall began to materialize and manifest.

Its a magic wall, I said.

Even if you cant imagine whats coming next, relax. The good pictures are still there. The wall will soon become covered with the story of your life. Thank God, the future is never limited by what we can see right now.

The wall isnt magic.

The magic is in us and what we believe.

Before we start speaking the language of letting go, we need to understand what a powerful behavior letting go and letting God really is.

God, help me do my part. Then help me let go, and let you do yours.

Activity: Meditate for a moment on the year ahead. Make a list of things youd like to see happen, attributes youd like to gain, things youd like to get and do, changes youd like to occur. You dont have to limit the list to this year. What do you want to happen in your life? Make a list of places youd like to visit and things youd like to see. Leave room for the unexpected, the unintended. But make room for the possibility of what youd like, tooyour intentions, wishes, dreams, hopes, and goals. Also, list what youre ready to let go of, too things, people, attitudes, and behaviors youd like to release. If anything were possible, anything at all, what are the possibilities youd like to experience and see?

January 2
Doing my part

The surest way to become Tense, Awkward, and Confused is to develop a mind that tries too hardone that thinks too much.

Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

The universe will help us, but we need to do our part as well. Heres an acronym, My Part , to help you remember what it means to do that.

M anifest

Y our

P ower

A ccept

R elax

T rust

Too often, we tell ourselves the only way to get from point A to point Bor Zis to tense up, obsess a little (or a lot), and live in fear and anxiety until what we want takes place.

That isnt the path to success. Its the path to fear and anxiety.

Accept. Relax. Breathe. Let go. Trust yourself, God, and the universe to manifest the best possible destiny when the time is right for you.

God, help me make the journey from fear and control to letting go and stepping into my true power.