“I just feel like I’m working really hard and nothing is happening.”
Goodness Currents
The conversation started on the telephone. It lasted for more than an hour. I could hear the worry and frustration. I could also feel her
pain as my friend described the background of circumstances she faced.
After we ended the call, to my surprise, the conversation shifted to text.
“Do you have some have some time?”
I responded with a quick, “yes.”
Her next text asked, “You don’t think I’m doing a terrible job, do you?”
“No! I think you’re doing a great job! You have two great kids. They’re happy and health and you’re well respected professionally,” I typed back.
Then her fingers stroked, “I just feel like I’m working really hard and nothing is happening.”
“That’s the way life is. It is, often, as if you’re fighting to stay above water and not making progress. Then, suddenly you find yourself surprised, almost magically, by being pushed along in a stream of amazing progress. When this happens it’s as if you had nothing to do with it. But you do! You’re doing very well. Just keep up doing the small things every day and you’ll find real progress when you least expect
it,” were the words tapped by my fingers in response.
When my fingers came to a rest I thought, “how I wish I understood these seemingly invisible currents of life.”
Even though I don’t fully understand them
and can’t see these currents with my eyes, or map them on a piece of paper or computer, I see the results of their existence regularly. I see their impact along my own path as well as on the path of others. Just as in the life of this comfort-seeking-friend.
Life currents seemingly serve as a principal pathway of exchange both individually as well as
with groups of people and even cultures. And, these currents are often strongly constrained by individual decisions and actions. They can even be noticeably obstructed when a large group of people decide to alter their offered goodness. Such obstructions show up throughout the history of our world. I’m sure if you take a moment you’ll be able to identify monumentally negative shifts of these currents locally and globally.
Counter balancing positive shifts are often more difficult to identify. But, if you reflect within you’ll be able to identify helping currents throughout your own history. Once recognize them and keep practicing, you’ll find yourself being able to actually feel life’s invisible, helping current pulling you along.
Even when life is not going well at a moment, the practice of identifying goodness currents will provide you with reassurance of their continuous, helping hand. That assurance will propel you along with a knowledge that goodness is on its way.
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