Life is Easy

My dear friend, Janet, and I were discussing life and all its challenges today. We decided life does not have to be so hard. We may have to peel off some layers of, well, I don’t know a nicer way to say it, peel off some layers of crap to create an easier life, but life itself just does not need to be so hard. It is true, of course, that we experience difficulties as we travel life’s road, but I don’t believe that means life ITSELF must be hard. If we adopt an attitude that it is, and where I work many people that end up in front of me do believe life is truly hard, then everything becomes hard. Getting stuck in traffic becomes hard. Now if there is someone who is having a heart attack or bleeding to death in your car and you become stuck in traffic, then yes, life is hard in that moment but let’s face it…how often does that happen…unless you’re an ambulance driver?

Most things that first appear to be difficult can be knocked down a notch or two by infusing the situation with a little bit of humor. Or on a more philosophical note, ask yourself the question, “What is mine to do right now in this moment.” This question allows you to get perspective on the issue and to re-define your integrity and re-establish your boundaries.

As my regular readers know by now, I connect very deeply with nature. While sitting at the lake this morning, I was reminded of the beauty and balance in the unhurried, unrushed life in which all of nature abides. There is no such thing as time or acquisitions or life’s difficulties in the natural world. Life just is. Watch birds sometime. They don’t stress. Everything just IS and they move through their lifespans effortlessly.


Today did hold a measure of stress, strain and struggle for me but I discovered anew that life does not have to be hard. I have it within my power to flow WITH life and not to resist it. Non-resistance is the key to experiencing an easier…no, no, not necessarily easier life, as in no challenges…but an easier viewpoint. Non-resistance coupled with the choice to breathe in the light and love of the moment, rather than breathe in the darkness and difficulty, creates an easier energy. An easier way TO BE.

As I write this, I am sitting down at the lake again. The day is drawing to a close. It’s quite windy and therefore chilly. I have a blanket wrapped around me. A man paces back and forth a short distance from where I sit. A mother, talking on her cell phone, walks with her young daughter near the water’s edge. A small houseboat, struggling against the wind, motors toward its mooring. The wildlife is bedding down for the night.

So is the sun.


So must I. Easily.