Years ago I read the book The Path of Least Resistance by Robert Fritz. I haven’t thought about the basic concept embedded in the book’s title in many years. Today, however, I gave in to that concept.
I’ve been fighting…resisting…doing anything but what I thought I needed to do. “I have work,” I have thought. “I have responsibilities. I have deadlines.” Yet, other things have called to me as well–some of them also responsibilities or necessities of life. Yet I resisted taking action on them.
Today, I gave in. I decided I must simply do what lies before me. I must take the path of least resistance.I must do what I feel pulled to do, inclined to do, or what simply has to be done next without worry about the rest. I must follow a natural path rather than one I construct, since the one I construct feels to restrictive and difficult tomaneuver through.
I have family visiting. Even though I am not spending much time with them and they aren’t taking me away from my work in the least, I’ve been struggling to get work done. Today I decided I would simply just do what I could do and no more with no worry or stress.
Tomorrow, I have a truckload of mulch coming and two women who will plant flowers for me on a hillside. I need to save some money, and so I need to help them mulch and plant to save time. (Time=money) My husband and eldest son can help as well. However, to do this I have to give up work for most of the day. I’ve been saying for weeks that I could not do this. I would simply have to pay the price of having someone else do the work. Today I decided I would go outside and work alongside the others.
In fact, my soul longs to get outside in the sun and to put my hands in the ground. I pulled a few weeds the other day, and it felt so good!
I did a reading for someone today. I told this person he wasn’t taking care of himself , getting out into nature where he can feel awe, not rejuvenating so he has something to give back. Hmmmm. This sounds like advice I should take for myself.
How many of us spend too many long hours in front of a computer or behind a desk? How many of us need to revive our souls with some time with Mother Nature and a talk with our Father? I suggested this person take a walk and talk to God. I think I’ll stop resisting and simply do what I really need to do… In Judaism we call it hitbodedut: I’ll walk in nature and talk to the Creator of all I see around me.
Then tomorrow I’ll get out there and do some gardening. I’ll put my hands in the dirt, and I’ll worry about work later.
