Obstacles & The Flow, Part 2

February 7, 2010

Dear Friends,

Last week I wrote about dealing with the kind of obstacles that seem to come out of the blue—the kind that occasionally pop up when you feel like you have been totally “in the flow” for quite some time.

But what if the obstacles you run into are not occasional? What if you continue to encounter multiple obstacles, one after another after another? What if you are continually inhibited in reaching a particular goal in life because you are constantly running into uncooperative and resistant people—people whose assistance you need?

What then? Does that mean that you are supposed to give up on your dream, because—obviously—it just isn’t being divinely supported?

Like last week, there is no single, definitive answer to that question. But here are a few things I do recommend that you “give up on.”

Give up on any pre-conceived notions you might have about how your dream is going to be fulfilled. Remember that the Mind of the Divine can see a lot more ways for you to accomplish your goal than you can. If you stay too narrowly focused on how it is you think you are going to fulfill your desire, you may be limiting yourself, and restricting the manifestation of your good.

Give up on when you think your goal will be accomplished. The obstacles that are delaying you from reaching your chosen destination may even be serving a very good purpose. Perhaps you are not yet the person you need to be to successfully handle the fulfillment of your desire. Or, perhaps circumstances in your life, the lives of others, or the world in general, have changed to such an extent, it would not be beneficial for you to fulfill your dream at this particular point in time.

Finally, give up on what you think the realization of your dream has to specifically look like. It is perfectly fine to be very clear about what it is you “think” you want. Just refrain from becoming overly attached to those specifics. Again, being too fixated on particular details can limit what the Universe is trying to do for you, which might even be something greater and grander than you ever imagined possible.

Which brings me back to the original question that was asked. In the face of ongoing obstacles, should you give up on the dream itself?

My answer is no. As long as you still feel enthusiastic about your dream, by all means hold onto it! But here is what I am getting to with all of this: Hold on only to the “essence” of your dream—that is, to the “experience” of life that your dream elicits.

Remember that no matter what it is you “think” you want in your head, there is generally a desire of your heart that underlies that idea. Your heart is your spirit. And your spirit is in this life to have an experience of life—an experience of love, freedom, creative self-expression, and so on.

Whether your dream is a particular kind of career, or a certain kind of relationship, the divine flow knows exactly what type of experience each of those dreams represents to your spirit. And the flow is continually guiding you to the fulfillment of that experience—an experience that may manifest in a form that is quite different from your original desire.

Your role is to be willing to cooperate with the unfolding of that higher good—one step at a time—and trust that you are always being divinely directed to either what you want, to its equivalent, or to something even better . . . something that will always be in the best interests of all . . . and something that will always fulfill you in a deep, lasting, and meaningful way.

Here’s to having dreams, pursuing dreams, holding onto dreams . . . but also allowing the Universe to help those dreams come true in the most beneficial way possible.

Steven

© 2010 by Steven Lane Taylor
Author of Row, Row, Row Your Boat;
A Guide for Living Life in the Divine Flow
www.rowrowrow.com