Quit trying

Do you ever feel like you are just working and working and nothing is changing… I know the feeling and it is exhausting. Always thinking, always trying to figure everything out, always having your face on. Constantly thinking of how to become better, how to solve a problem, reconcile a relationship, build a business and the list goes on and on and on!  But recently there has been this little voice gently reminding me to “just quit trying”… Now I know what you are thinking, Rach, that's crazy you can’t quit trying you have to many goals and dreams you want to achieve to quit trying.

But hear me out, that's not the kind of trying I am talking about. The kind of trying I am talking about is this… The trying to make people happy all the time, trying to make friendships and relationships work that maybe just aren’t supposed to work, trying to make things happen instead of just doing my best and going with it. Trying to will things to move faster in my business instead of working my hardest to invest and add value to those I am working with already. Trying to manage people's perceptions of me, trying to make things happen in my life instead of learning to be content with myself. Trying to act like I have it all together all the time, because heaven forbid someone finds out that I don’t haha. Like I said, it's exhausting!

Daily, I have to choose to press into the uncomfortable space of not having to have it all figured out. To lean into the unknown and instead of trying my hardest to figure it all out, to just go with it. I am learning how to rest, still not quite sure how to go about doing that fully but I am working on it. haha I am learning to find contentment in who I am and not in my circumstances or situations. I am learning that I don’t have to know it all or have it all figured out and that it is okay to just “go with it”. Life is full of twists and turns, ups and downs and trying to figure it all out is exhausting and really isn’t possible, take my word for it!  If you feel like you have to have it all figured out today let me tell you loud and clear, YOU DON’T!!! It is okay to not know, it is okay to just be, it is okay to rest… actually I think that might be the key to really fully living!  So today, if you're anything like me I beg you to take a second, stop what you are doing and just quit trying. It takes a conscious effort  and a lesson that I have to relearn daily…to take the time to stop, sit quietly for a few moments and put off all of my own effort. And when I do I almost always end up back in the amazing grace that I am okay just as I am. I think this is where I really find true contentment and the real me gets a chance to really shine!