Expectations

All too often I am reminded of the cost of applying expectations to moments.

In my mind I set these traps for myself, and when things go awry, so do I.

These traps take the form of expectations.

When I expect, I forget.

I forget that things have their own rhythm, their own way of unfolding.

I forget to take the time, to make the time,

to just be.  Just be..

Let things come as they are,

and go in the same way.

You can’t push the river as the saying goes.

When I try to push the river,

I am the one who knows..

You can’t push the river.

Forcing things against their way is the unnatural way.

This is the lesson I am reminded of today.

Someday I hope this will sink in, and I won’t be learning it, again, again, again, again, and yet again.