The less opinions that we have, the better.
This is saying a lot coming from someone who was voted “Most Opinionated” in High School.
I’m still a little opinionated.
I can have opinions on any subject, things I’ve never even heard of- I’ll make assumptions about it somehow. That’s just how our brains work, lots of thoughts and opinions piping through. This makes us think that we know what is going to happen, if it will be good or bad, and what will happen after.
But we don’t know. (So we shouldn’t get attached to any 1 thought)
Look back at anything that has ever happened, what percentage of life events happened exactly how you thought they would?
Life doesn’t work like that.
The less opinions we have about it, the better we adapt.
Our opinions and expectations set us up for failure and mental anguish.
Don’t get attached to what is happening whether you expected it or not, relax into the unknown.
Know that things will always change and you will always have to either accept it or suffer by it.
Those are the options. Accept or Suffer.
When you remain open and accept the present moment as-is, without judgement, here exists a freedom of spirit.
Life is fully awake and engaged with itself.
Some of the things that I had opinions on ended up being better and different from how I had imagined.
I used to hate the idea of living in downtown Tulsa, and in an apartment? No way. Things dramatically had to change for me when my landlord sold the house I was renting. I decided to move downtown and in an apartment as a baby-step to moving to a different city. Contrary to my previous opinions, I LOVE living downtown. It’s not perfect but I love my apartment and I feel safer downtown than I did in Midtown.
We are wrong, we don’t know what’s going to happen and I think that’s really fantastic because it can allow us to relax into what is.
Buenas noches