There is a Current

There is a current. It may seem impossible to feel. Especially when life seems chaotic. When life seems chaotic, parts of us spring into action. Other parts of us hide. Other parts of us get angry. All of these parts are bracing against—trying to change what is in order to feel safe. We just want to know that everything's going to be okay. Everything is going to be okay. But not because you spring into action. Or hide. Or get angry. It will be okay because there is a current. Let yourself really hear that sentence: everything is going to be okay. Can you feel the way that, as you consider that everything will be okay, you start to relax? You're physically moving away from "make it happen," toward trust. Not conceptual trust, but embodied trust. That's faith. This is the kind of faith that moves mountains. Not through force, but by letting go, and realizing that the mountains are already being moved. When we're braced for action, or hiding, or fighting—when our muscles are tight—we…