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Have you ever had a knot in your shoelace? You have to bend down to untie it. Bending down can be seen as showing humility and asking for guidance and today that's exactly how I'm going to view it.
Only you can decide how to handle the knots in your shoelaces - and in your life.
" Problems cannot beResolved at once. Slowly untie knots Divide and conquer."
("365 Tao" Deng Ming-Dao)
In order to solve problems, it is helpful to first understand whether "they are a puzzle, obstacle, or entanglement."
* A puzzle: to put (someone) at a loss; mystify; confuse; baffle. To exercise (oneself, one's brain, etc.) over some problem or matter.Archaic. to make intricate or complicated.
Synonyms - Puzzle, riddle, enigma refer to something baffling or confusing that is to be solved. A puzzle is a question or problem, intricate enough to be perplexing to the mind; it is sometimes a contrivance made purposely perplexing to test one's ingenuity (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/puzzle)
A puzzle "need only be analyzed carefully. It is like unraveling a ball of yarn and requires patience more than anything else." (Ming-Dao)
"I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is "Who in the world am I?" Ah, that's the great puzzle!" --Lewis Carrol
* An obstacle: something that obstructs or hinders progress. Synonyms: Obstacle, obstruction, hindrance, impediment refer to something that interferes with or prevents action or progress. An obstacle is something, material or non-material, that stands in the way of literal or figurative progress:
"Lack of imagination is an obstacle to one's advancement."
"The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed." --Nathaniel Hawthorne
An obstacle must "be overcome. We must use force and perseverance to either destroy or move away from what is blocking us." (Ming-Dao)
An entanglement mires us in a maze of limitations: "This most dangerous of situations requires that we use all our resources to extricate ourselves as quickly as possible."
Most problems are a combination of puzzles, obstacles and entanglements - by breaking them into these more basic elements they can be managed easily... Reduce them slowly and untie the knots of life - then you are free to move around, un-tethered and untied to the controversies, faults, flaws and fears that many of us carry around. These weigh us down or pull us back when we try to move forward in our lives. Without movement nothing new can be discovered, nothing can be created, and no new destinations will be reached ; no new new learning occurs. One needs creativity to untie their knots - and to keep those knots from reforming around them, We don't want to find ourselves entangled in the same mess again.
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| reprinted with permission from U.S. Army Veterans Association |
Only you can decide how and where to cut ties, how to unravel your life and how to un-tether yourself but remember when you bend down to untie the knots in your shoelaces and in your lives to show some humility and ask a higher power for guidance, grace and when needed, the gusto to keep unraveling these knots. Go slowly, use your wisdom while keeping in your heart and mind a great sense of possibility when you approach your problems.
Remember to keep in the back of your mind a sense of responsibility and accountability - many of these knots you allowed to from; you may have even tied yourself up unconsciously and now the responsible thing to do is to untie them humbly. Trusting in a higher power or energy source is absolutely essential - for the sake of my life I will refer to my higher power as God but feel free to replace that term with whatever fits best into your life and belief system. It is with God's help that the knots of fears, regrets, woes, self-pity, pain, anger, frustration,apathy, ignorance and doubt can finally come undone.When you are on a path with passionate acceptance that the universe and the creator are a part of your daily life then those will loosen naturally - when you are an active seeker you will feel the guiding energy of the greater good working with you and through you against your problems and those of the world.Your "puzzles, obstacles and entanglements" are not unique and once you are learning how to untie and untangle it is your duty to help others do the same.
Don't be overcome by fear of the unknown and don't fret when it gets hard and fall back into familiar, yet faulty ways of thinking and acting - this only serves to tighten those knots - keeping you tied up longer and distracting you from the great future God has waiting for you. Don't let fear, and familiarity draw you into their comforting and consistent embrace - it's time to break the chains my friend. Take calculated risks, face danger if you must, go it alone when necessary, use vision, determination passion, tenacity and moral compass to confront the bonds of adversity and anxiety. Then you can emerge successfully and go further in your life's callings then ever before.
Remember break your problems down into small manageable parts so you can resolve the situation. Reach deep within and don't forget to center yourself in goodness, strength, being aware of the greater world around you and all the goodness and strength it provides. Be aware of all that energy and that you are a part of it. Is your energy going towards the good - both personal good and the greater good? Keep this in the back of your mind - come back to this question regularly.
This is one manifestation of our continuing efforts at self-development. Maintain your development, move forth confronting your demons, un-tether yourself and examines those puzzles, obstacles, and entanglements and let's start untying some knots! Accumulate momentum in this part of your life - and move forth being extraordinary every single day.
Have a happy and healthy day dear friends, Peace, Audrey
Have a happy and healthy day my friends and thank you for reading! Keep on rockin' in the free world! Peace
