Deb Brown

“What if nothing is wrong?” What a powerful question that contains infinite possibilities for consideration. There are many gifts of healing and transformation that are dancing within this perspective, so I hope you will read on.

It is not ours to know what the day will bring. However, it is up to us how we live out each day, not knowing its actual outcome. It is human nature to make repeated attempts at foretelling the future, and so we live as if we do know what our tomorrows will be like. It is called living in our past!

When we live today from yesterday, we live within self-imposed restrictions that only breed frustration, disappointment, anger, resentment and occasionally despair.

The ultimate side effect of living this way is a deep lack of joy…a slow death. You were born to live in infinite peace, joy, splendor and exhilaration!

Living from our past is like looking at a photograph and seeing no other possibilities except what is in that photo. We frame this image in our minds and hold it as if it is the eternal unchanging reality. We deny permission for other details to be included in our present moment awareness. Most of our pasts have been painted with repeated mental, physical, emotional and spiritual pain. It makes perfect sense, then, why we often feel less than alive or trapped within circumstances without any sense of empowerment to resolve the challenges presented to us. We are living in 2005 from a lens that is focused in the 20th century. It is as if when driving your car, you are looking in the rearview mirror and attempting to move forward using this view as the guide. This perspective renders you powerless to control the direction of the car. You may or may not reach the expected destination, and the possibility for detours and off-road travel becomes very likely.

It is the rare individual who can honestly state that their past was filled with mainly positive and life-enhancing events and memories. Wellness is a challenge to reframe our past so that our present can be experienced in its fullness, so that all details of this moment are held in our awareness and the scene is not skewed with events from the past. To reframe an event, we are required to make a conscious choice to see things differently. We are challenged to shift our perspective only a fraction of an inch in order for the details to create a new and more appealing image. We learn to accept or see all details in the photo as necessary in order to fully understand the message of the moment. Therefore, what is …is…now.

When we hold to the attitude that something is wrong,
we create a space for negativity and strain.

We are literally inviting distress to dance with our mind, body and soul, which it does without hesitation or remorse. If we feel that something is wrong, we are saying that some aspect of what we are currently experiencing needs to be different for us to be and feel okay. The truth is that nothing is wrong.

Every moment you have ever lived has led you to where you are in this moment.

It is perfectly orchestrated so that you become fully conscious of the gift of choice. This gift is a choice to see things as “perfect in their imperfection.” This is a call to see things as they are in the present: an opportunity to move beyond limited thinking and past hurts of any kind. There are unlimited opportunities for inner growth and freedom to live life to its fullest, namely in unspeakable joy and serenity. Every detail of your current life circumstances are birthing exactly what you need to break the chains of mediocrity, lack and struggle; to move beyond sickness to wholeness; to create a self image that reflects your true self with confidence and empowerment.

I suspect someone may say that to say “nothing is wrong” when someone is being abused is crazy. I agree. The point I am making is that the abuse is, from a greater perspective, an opportunity for the abused to shift her attitude about her low self-worth, and thus refuse to allow the destructive behavior to continue. There is always a gift in every circumstance of our lives, whether we choose to see it or not. Our choice to not see the miracle of healing gift does not eliminate it. Life will continue to present us with opportunities to choose healing and will increase the volume of discomfort until we do.

What is wrong in your life today? What do you think needs to be different for you to feel better? I encourage you to allow the gift to reveal itself to you. This will require you to be open, honest and release any old “photographs” you are looking at. Most importantly, you will need to be still.

It is only in stillness that we hear guidance and are able to receive the gift.

You will know the gift because it will present itself in the form of a sense of inner peace, clarity as to an action you need to take, release from strain, or you will notice you are breathing more deeply or simply smiling. I hope you come to know that all is well even when it does not feel like it is.

Blessings,
Deb Brown