One last contemplation from the Costa Rica trip.

Zip lining. A fun sport for sure, requiring much conquering of fears. I was initially apprehensive of doing it, due to a fear of heights. Unfortunately due to the GI upset I could not do it, but I was determined to get over my fears during this trip. For most of us it is not about the fear of dying but the fear of living that prevents us from achieving many of our goals. Yet I digress.

I found it fascinating that when we go on vacations we seem to do things that we dare not do at home. Zipling, bungee jumping, para sailing and so many more adventurous sports. Why? I wonder if it is this pressure of “free time” that we must “live” while on vacation before we get back to our mundane reality that pushes us to do exotic things, see amazing places or eat different foods and have unique experiences. What is it that is so special about only vacations that make us be more loose with our doubts and fears and judgments and push us to be more exciting ?

What if we were to do the same each day ? By letting go of our judgments, are we in fact able to live exciting careers, relationships and experiences? Such is the nature of our mind. It can be expansive but equally constrictive and keeps us chained to our fears or be channeled towards our purposes.

Another contemplation. My son wanted to zip line. I just automatically said yes. He went off with the group while i stayed at the hotel hugging the bathroom floor. I thought later about how easily I let him go without “thinking” about all the things that go wrong. I trusted. I let him go without attachment or fear. I knew in my heart of hearts that he would be fine. He could handle himself and try a new sport without the hovering parent syndrome. I trusted the universe ( and the adult parents who were at the zip lining place.)

But think about it for a second. In a foreign country. A rickety zip line private business venture by locals across native trees, and I am quite sure these operators and help were not international professional zip line experts. And yet we just trusted them to have an amazing experience. Which my son and all the other friends did.

Trust. Letting go of judgment. These are not things that society teaches us to do in order to have a great life and reach our highest potential. In fact society demonstrates who is to blame for our lives and who to be afraid of. Trust is a term that is flung around without ever being able to feel it at a deeper level. We are surrounded by judgments and these are compounded by fears and more doubts and further cemented by generational anxieties.

Trust. Let go. These are the back bones of our natural intuitions to open our hearts to unconditional love. Invitations to self initiations towards revealing our greatest purposes and highest of goals with grace and gratitude.

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I love you