determined, tenacious, swinging your net
over your head as you chase your
butterfly around the garden. You chase it
for hours and hours, but all you seem to
be able to do is scare it off, rather than
catch it. It’s only when you stop trying so
desperately, relax, breathe, and
surrender your desire to The Universe
that the butterfly of your dreams calmly
comes and lands on your nose.
When we want something so, so
badly and are working tirelessly to get
it, if we don’t surrender, we end up
pushing it away instead. There comes a
point where we need to hand the job
over to The Universe. This doesn’t mean
that we give up or discontinue taking