What If...?

Recently, I read an article that was based on questions stated by two lead characters in a movie. The male lead was fretting over changes and pending changes in his life, and kept saying to his wife, “What if it all goes wrong?” Her response was always, “What if it all goes right?”

I’d had a spontaneous idea and acted on it. Then, an old learned program popped up. I began to entertain self-doubt, worry, and ultimately, a form of self-rejection for possibly acting prematurely, stupidly, ruining everything...and the list goes on.

The next morning, I woke and remembered the wife’s question, “What if it all goes right?” I laughed out loud, which definitely shifted my energy. I thought about everything else in my life and asked, What if it all goes right?

My personal observations and experiences have demonstrated repeatedly throughout my life, that in the end, everything does go right. My feelings at the time something that I perceive as negative happens may be, understandably, disappointed, irritated, or whatever human emotion surfaces. I’ve learned to honor my feelings and emotions, look inside them for what they might communicate to me, and trust that “it” will inevitably go right. It always has and it always will. Ultimately. Sometimes, it’s what we’d call good stuff. Other times, it’s a matter of recognizing the role something or someone played in an overall outcome, and that everything had purpose.

It “goes right” is because I look for it. I allow my mind, heart, and attitude to shift, to make lemonade out of lemons. I don’t mean for that to sound trite, I’ve had to find that strength and trust amidst some very challenging times.