Sometimes even when we do the best we can do it is not enough. Sometimes accepting that our best doesn’t serve others or the situation at hand is the key to letting go and allowing things to become what they need to become, including ourselves. Though most of us know this, most of us don’t practice this understanding. Instead we attempt to manipulate who we are and what we can bring to a situation in order to fulfill it and the needs of others, even when doing so distorts our reality and denies our selves the opportunity to be genuine.
Granted there are times when pushing pass who we have been and what we can do stretches us and encourages us to grow and become. In that becoming we blossom and actualize parts of our genuine selves, parts that require nurturing through work and effort. It is through that work and effort that that we grow and it is by practicing our new abilities that we sustain those changes and they become part of what defines us, not what distracts us from our genuine selves. We become.
Knowing when the situation we are investing in is such an opportunity is the key. It means listening to our instincts, not our internal recordings. It means acknowledging emotions that surface when we are faced with things that are new, strange or uncomfortable for us. It means truly hearing the answers we are receiving when they present themselves and when need taking action or inaction as the case may be. And it often means allowing others to support and help us. In the end it means acknowledging when the best we can do is not enough and accepting that we shouldn't invest any further in the given situation. In the end it means knowing when the best we are can become better and pushing pass our fears to reach the self waiting for us to become.
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