Too many people try so hard to make things easier in their
lives. They work hard for their family, they push themselves to the brink of
exhaustion in their exercises to build their body and they just shove so much
stuff it becomes more of a chore and a punishment than an effortless series of
tasks. It’s not a shame to work hard for what you want but there are ways to
tweak things and use your mind to channel your attitude towards certain things.
One of the
greatest quotes in my opinion is from Yoda “Do or do not. There is no try.” You
either do something or you don’t it’s that simple. However, you can focus your mind to make things seem effortless by relaxing a bit more and letting things
flow and letting the universe take it’s course. This does not mean stop doing
what you’re doing and letting things just happen for you, it takes effort but
it doesn't have to be so dramatic and emotionally and physically exhausting.
Let me give you an example…When Luke was using the force to pull the X-Wing out
of the Swamp, in his mind the damn thing was heavy as hell and with all his
might he couldn't even get it out of the water. Exhausted and breathing
heavily, he sat down and Yoda looks at him with such disappointment. Luke gets
frustrated and walks away thinking that even an old dwarf like Yoda couldn't
pull that chunk of metal out of the water. Yoda makes it look effortless and
not only gets it out of the water but even makes the damn thing fly back onto
shore.
We all have
to pull our own X-Wing out of the water in our lives and sometimes it can be
extremely difficult. When you learn to channel your mind and believe with
action that everything will flow the way it should, things will become
effortless for you and even our metaphorical X-Wing will fly out of the water
and we’ll carry it in our mind towards shore without any effort at all. Like
the late Bruce Lee once said “Be like water”, you’ll flow with power and
effortless strength in any endeavor you do and it all starts in the mind and once
you learn how to use it, everything will come together.
A lot of
things can be challenging and we sometimes can’t stand it because it can be so
freaking hard your head might explode but what if we can shift things around.
When an obstacle comes across us, how about we make the challenge a little
interesting; have a little fun with it. You’d be surprised how things can seem
less of a challenge if you don’t struggle with it so much. It could be just
about anything and you can conquer your challenges with fierce vitality and
strength that nothing can stand in your way, you’ll find a way to beat it and
do it with a smile on your face. Love the challenge because if you don’t it’ll
walk all over you, you don’t have to enjoy it or look forward to it but when it
comes knocking you’ll love it but also beat it’s ass to a bloody pulp. Learn to
shift your mind and see what happens, you never know until you do it, not try
it but do it.
