#88: The Power of Anticipation.

The power of anticipation. It can be disorienting. It’s the waiting and uncertainty that create an opening for seeds of suffering to bear fruit.

Our fears and insecurities fuel the imagination and generate emotions that then boost all kinds of chemicals in our bodies that undermine calm and ease.

A world of “what ifs.”

The point is that the work becomes exposed. Or maybe it willingly reveals itself.

“Here I am,” it says. “Shall we begin?”

The work may be to challenge long-held beliefs and assumptions, or it may be to develop resolve and a process to chip away at a set of obstacles.

Whatever it is, let us stop and look at this opportunity earnestly; and take on the challenge to shed what has put us off balance. Right here and now. Before the waiting ends.

So that our peace does not depend on what is to come.