Not Minding What Happens

Alright, so I'm reading this book called "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose." I got this book when I was doing my nursing internship in Boise, Idaho. I had a few days alone in Boise before my roommates got there, so I decided that it was best to get a book but never actually sat down to read it until now. I'm not much of a reader, but have found a lot of interest in reading lately just trying something new.

The author of this book name is Eckhart Tolle and through this book he tries to illuminate and uplift a better way of life and a better world through his writing through spiritual guidance. I won't lie, majority of the book I had to read the pages a few times to completely understand what he was trying to get across. It wasn't the easiest read and I found myself skipping pages to get to chapters that I found interesting to me. The book talks a lot about your innerself, your ego and how to cope with certain things that you come  across in your lifetime to avoid the dysfunctional side of life.

I found a section of the book to be very interesting and very helpful for myself. The chapter is called "Not Minding What Happens." It talks about an Indian philospher named J. Krishnamutri who travels and teachs all around the world. The section goes on to talking about a secret he reveals to his audience at one of his lectures about what has helped him get through life and it was 5 of the simplest words that he spoke. "I DON'T MIND WHAT HAPPENS."

Honestly, I did not understand why these words were so powerful and meaningful until I let them soak in. My best time to think is at night when I'm alone, so working an overnight tonight allowed me to have time to just try to comprehend these words. By allowing yourself to not mind what happens throughout your life because we have no control over what will happen allows us to be more align with what happens internally. We are in reality are our worst enemies and nobodyelse. We allow ourselves to believe what happens is either good or bad. It is us who makes ourselves hold on to things instead of letting things be. By not minding what happens we are not considering anything that happens today, tomorrow, or even years from now as good or bad but as just how things are meant to be. LETTING THINGS BE.

Who is to say what is defined as good or bad? Things are meant to happen the way they should and nobody can stop what is meant to be. I've had unhappy moments in my life, but that is becasue I allowed myself to dwell too much on it and I defined those situations as being unhappy. But, in the end something great came out of each situation and it all ended up working out. I've spent too many days being unhappy because i've just allowed myself to be unhappy when I should have just let thigns be and moved on. It is weird how much you learn through a few pages of reading :) My new thing i'm going to live by...NOT MINDING WHAT HAPPENS and I already can tell a change in my mood. I'm learning one day at a time and this is beginning to feel right.