One Apple A Day #554 - jump in
"Dare to let go of control".
This is the card I pick this morning. I'm trying to understand what this card wants to tell me. And I'm doing it while I write. I decided to make this empty page my listener and my mirror.
I'm sitting on an uncomfortable bench in a noisy airport. I've been awake for 5 hours already, and this is the first moment I carved out to do my daily writing practice. Maybe it is about this? To remind me that when I travel, things happen outside my control, and if I'm not ready to let go of the control, I won't enjoy the journey?
Nope. It's not that. I don't know how I know, but I feel there is something more.
The outcome. Yes, this is what this card is about. The tension that I experience anytime I focus on the final result. When I do that. When I put all my attention on the outcome, then the need to control kicks in. I want to achieve that or, even more insidious, I want that outcome for others. That's when the need to control grows and ruffles my emotions. To let go of control, I need to shift my attention into the process. No, it's more than that. I need to fall in love with the journey. How do I do that? I just jump in. When I'm immersed in the process, in a journey or in a conversation, then I become courageous, and I can easily let go of control.