The Craft of Living in Contentment

     It is said that life is truly very simple, but we often complicate it. Has this been your experience? My life, personally, has been a merry-go-round of simple pleasures, intriguing adventures, and complicated challenges. In it all however, I have seen and come to firmly believe, life is, indeed, quite simple. When we view it from the perspective of the organic nature around us, it is easy to see that the simplicity and intricacy of life is quite intuitive, richly complex with detail that seems to flow and fall into place effortlessly, can't we also experience life in the same way?

           

         Do we choose to complicate things, or are we in fact victims of our self-imposed circumstances? It has been proven time and time again that we are, without question, the creators and makers of our destiny. Karma is not a game of revenge, but a compass with which we can decide the outcome of our lives. If we face traumas and trials with a scholar attitude, we will undoubtedly learn the lesson and eliminate that hurdle from our soul's journey. Sometimes that takes time, it takes multiple tries and frequent exposure, but our attitude makes all the difference in the end. If we approached life and its lessons as a process for our higher good, we will experience contentment and serenity, regardless of the ultimate outcome. Wouldn't it make everything far more tolerable if our attitude shifted from victim mode to creator mode? If creator is an intimidating responsibility for you right now, then see yourself as a co-creator, co-create with the forces of the universe and the collective energies of all soul beings! When we are faced with challenges or forks in the road, we are intuitively invited to make a shift, a change, it is an invitation to overcome our limiting belief system and break free from our self-imposed ball and chain. The possibilities are endless when you take charge and control of your path. 

“The closer you come to knowing that you alone create the world of your experience, the more vital it becomes for you to discover just who is doing the creating.” 

― Eric Micha'el Leventhal     

        If in the end this experience called life is impermanent, why then waste it, by feeling stressed and anxious? if the outcome is ultimately the same for all of us, death, and a possible life after death, why choose to go through it with a pressing degree of worry, sadness, anger and fear? It might be easier said than done, but everything is easy when initially said, with a little bit of practice and patience, we can become masters of any craft we choose, including the craft of living in contentment.