Life is not a race. Death is the only deadline. Assigning value to artificial timelines only makes you feel like a failure. It’s as if you are missing some of the critical dates on the project plan of your life, but you’re not even sure who wrote it. You start wondering how you will compensate for time lost. High anxiety forces you into untenable situations. You check a box opportunists create. It doesn’t feel right, but you ignore that.
When you can’t accept life’s risks, you need an external timeline to measure success. Frightened human beings and power-hungry institutions become your yardsticks. Culture, capitalism, education, and government allow you to pretend to control outcomes. You can chase their carrots to your deathbed if you’re not careful.
The day will come when you realize you can’t make up enough homework to get back on track. The constant humming of delusional comparison tells you you’re not good enough. You think something must be wrong with you. Practicing dying by complying isn’t working. You torture yourself with the whip of external expectations. Disillusionment sets in, and it’s a short step to wondering if you’re worthy of living a life.
The only feedback loop of any consequence is between your heart and God. Your life is not yours until you are the sole determiner of its value and possibility. There is freedom in giving up on the ever-compliant dream version of yourself. Give up on the timeline. Connect to your Spirit. Let a higher power guide you in the direction of your rightful life.
Open the channel to your soul by ridding it of self-deceit, violence, and greed. Free yourself from spirit-crushing thoughts of self-pity, victimhood, and weakness. Call upon your God-given right to the power source that is Creative Intelligence. Make use of the Unified Field and its real-time influence on outcomes. Allow it to renew your being. Re-write what it means to be you in your heart. Define your possibility and conjure expectancy around it.
Existence is imperfection. The creative force living through you is bare and unpredictable. Don’t compare yourself to cartoons. If you must measure yourself, let it be only by the amount of freedom, laughter, and peace you experience. You don’t have to be perfect, obediently quiet, or without vulnerability. Your connection with your holy spirit is the only safety available to you.
Fear and death are your only limits. Your justifications, excuses, rationalizations, and ego are the brakes on your life. Your progress will be rapid if you stop standing on them. External influences can tell you that everyone else is better—smarter—faster. But know that can’t be true. The distribution of Divine Power is equal, unearned, and not constrained by time or space.
To what degree are you willing to risk yourself and open your heart to the world? Are you willing to engage with the healing power of love? That will determine the outcome of your life. If you’re still drawing breath, you still have time. Your life is what you do with it today. There are billions of iterations of human life. Stand firm in yours without a shred of apology.
Song Accompaniment: Allison Russel, The Returner
Quote: Love your heart. For this is the prize. Toni Morrison
Artwork: The Art of Seth