The magic of letting go
During my first year of college, my two best friends and I used to go to dinner at the cafeteria halfway between our dorms and banter.
We checked out other people in the cafeteria and created stories of their lives. We recounted tales on grounds, and during one of these fables, I wanted to say that the actions of someone didn’t mean anything.
In describing this, I was looking for the phrase that would be perfectly witty and pithy. It was dancing on the tip of my tongue, but too elusive to hold.
My friends said they knew what I was trying to say. And they tried to articulate it, “Je, ja, je…oh, what is it?”
We fumbled and stuttered for a few minutes, and then we just let it go. We went on to another topic. Probably about 30 minutes later, my friend, Lana, capped the end of her tale, “Yeah, and it didn’t mean jack shit.”
All in unison, “Jack shit!”
That’s the phrase I was seeking. I tried and tried. My focus was on getting it out of my brain, through my vocal cords. To no avail. And then release.
From the smallest wants to the biggest needs, that’s the magic of letting go. We put it out there what we want, what our intention is, and then as soon we “give up” and stop clawing at it, the manifestation appears.
That’s why it can be so easy to manifest things when we aren’t invested in it so fully.
I’m really good at manifesting parking spaces – a trick I learned from reading Linda Goodman. I visualize the space I want when I leave, and ta da, I park and walk a few steps to my destination. But, if I have to walk a block, I’m okay with that.
You have to truly be okay if your desire doesn’t happen – not just lip service “okay”.
When you stop grasping, it opens up this space for your desires to appear. We just tend to grasp more intently on the wishes we consider grand.
The more I live, the more I see that little wishes are the same as big wishes – in the way we receive them. It seems like a cosmic joke.
Besides being clear on your intention and acting on it, the way to receive wishes is to be okay with not receiving them. Ha ha. Very funny.
