I have managed to make some changes to my life based on the notion that if something is meant to happen, it will happen easily.
Whether you believe in fate or destiny is one thing – but you have to agree if you are heading in a direction that is right for you, stuff tends to fall into place!
Opportunities appear as if by magic, you conveniently bump into JUST the person you need to speak to and you may randomly look at a magazine you never read only to turn to an article about the very thing you are currently interested in…
You start feeling amazed at this coincidental sequence of events calling it luck.
I don’t think there is any such thing.
I think life WAS meant to be easy, it is us crazy humans that have made it hard!
Our heads are so chockablock with Lara Bingle’s latest movements, the mammoth electricity bill we just received and the fact that the plumber STILL HASN’T SHOWN UP – that we have lost touch with this simple notion of trusting the flow of life.
The signs are within us and around us leading us where we need to be. If only they were not drowned out by the noise!
Sod off Bingle! I’m trying to listen to my inner self for God’s sake!
Think of a time you really really wanted to do something but every time you tried you hit a brick wall.
You probably  got upset because you had been giving it your best effort, but to no avail.
These kind of events really reveal a lot about your character.
You may get upset and get the “I’m not good enoughs” or you could just shrug and say “Oh thanks for the heads-up, I’m not meant to do that” and then carry on expecting to find the path you ARE meant to be on.
If you ignore the brick walls you keep hitting and keep ploughing away, they are going to get bigger and nastier.
I’ve seen some ugly walls in my time, some that had made me understand why Humpty Dumpty did what he did.
Struggling to do something that you are not meant to be doing is not only a waste of time, it is the fastest track to Prozac.
My advice is to quit while you are ahead!
If it is too hard, then find something easier.
Sarah Wilson theorises if she hears a person mentioned three times in a day that its a ‘sign’ that she should contact that person.
Christa Avampato doesn’t believe in getting down about missing out on a course she applied for rather seeing it as the  canyons opening up to reveal the path she should be taking.
If you don’t buy into the cosmic, universal flow of things, then if nothing else, Â this is a great attitude to have in order to deal with setbacks!
These days I tend to surrender to the flow of life rather than being in too much of a rush to go on a wacky and spontaneous adventure every five minutes like I used to (though had some fun living this way) . I don’t feel the need to shake things up so much anymore just for the hell of it.
I love following my ambitions and stepping into unknown territory- but only if I am ‘feeling it.’
When I’m feeling it I notice the clues, because I am consciously looking for them. Usually kind people pop up in my path to help me get to where I need to go.
This spins me out, I love it. ”When the student is ready..” teachers really do crop up!!
Since I started writing online the amount of ‘helpers’ that have turned up in my path has astonished me.
From my good friend and wonderful web designer Lena offering to create the banner for my blog when I first started, to the lovely Talia who I have hardly spoken to in my life who is helping me design an advert for my website. The ‘helpers’ list is a mile long.
Since starting my website, people I have asked for interiews have been easy and forthcoming and I just feel I’m riding a wave I am meant to be on.
I’m not struggling anymore.
Let me tell you after decades of wrestling the brick walls it is an absolute load off.
So sing it from the rooftops!
Life WAS meant to be easy!
Turn off the TV and start listening to yourself!
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A timely reminder, thanks Swami-Sharni :)
So true!!! xoxox
I totally agree. Hubs and I are one of those if it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be couples (never mind all my lunacy, I’m a Pisces it’s what we do).
I notice clues all around me…this has happened since I was little and stumbled upon a book in my parents library called ‘Supernatural’.
Trust your intuition. It’s there for a reason.
Hmmmm, maybe excuse for a blog post swami Sharni!
yes do it, do it! I have missed your blogposts!!!
Yep, it’s que sera sera for me too. Path of the least resistance, baby.; )
Loving your site, Sharni!
I can definitely relate to the walls getting bigger and nastier, so why do I keep bashing my head against them?! Maybe I’ll try turning around once in a while, see how that goes…
Could work, let me know how you get on!
I agree sweetpea! It’s when you don’t listen to your own inner advice that you start to have trouble. Hence someone crashing into my car on tuesday. I think i was in a situation where I knew and the universe knew I was doing WAY too much and pushing far too hard. So the universe gave me flu. That still didn’t really stop me, so I was catapulted into a ‘slow down or else’ kinda situation. I chose to ignore that and then BANG, someone rear ends me and I have nasty whiplash. The ‘or else’ was enacted!
Since being out of action, loads of people have been contacting me, and lots of little stuff happening. Without me doing anything! I’m also refocusing myself and having a good old think about how to be less scattered and how to embrace the flow a little more. Your piece is very timely – of course! Speaking of timeliness and the flow, I better go before the universe comes and makes me fall off my computer chair, I’m going to go, have a bath and obey by my cosmic doctor’s orders! See you soon x
It’s awesome article.
I heard about you from Kathy so many times in my living room.
Seems like another family in Australia.
Enjoy another beautiful day on earth.
Peace and light.
Yoon.
SO true, Sharni! Glad you have finally found that path for yourself…I think it is a part of growing up, we must learn to find our own way. This is good to remember in later years when our own boys are struggling to find themselves, we cannot tell them what to do and become frustrated when they dont take our advice. Instead, we must prepare and teach them how to deal with life’s uncertainties when they are small, so that when they are older , we just gently guide them when they need it but we have already planted the seeds and equipped them when they were very young.
I still struggle with the Bingle thing too, so two fingers up to you BINGLE!
Sharni, I absolutely agree! I love this philosophy. I think so many people battle brick walls and for naught. I’ve had a similar experience with my writing and really feel it’s the path for me, know it is. I’ve made some incredible connections through blogging and have received wonderful support. Love it!
Like a bugler on a winter morning I hear your message.
This is the first time I have had the pleasure of reading your work and found it both refreshing and insightfull.
I will be back.
Dohi & Cheers
Sharni – I can’t stop thinking about this concept and trying to stop thinking about it and allowing my SELF to be open to it…I will let you know what happens from this seed you planted…
couldn’t agree more! especially with “sod off lara bingle” :)