What seems really important to you right now? Perhaps things turning out a certain way, maybe someone behaving differently or wanting to feel a different way. I was considering what happens when we give something importance. I think we give it an extra dose of energy and awareness and  elevate that thing above the rest of life. Like overfilling a balloon full with air, it gets bigger and bigger until it is fit to burst. And just like the overfilled balloon, there is tension ... so much tension! We grasp on to the thing and it seems like we cannot be okay if it is not so. But perhaps the things we want would be better held more lightly because that over filled balloon is really filled with thought and those thoughts are taking us away from inner guidance. And maybe, just maybe you can be okay even if those things are not the way you would like them to be. That experience is available to all of us.

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