Stop. Take a deep breath. Let it be…

I’m kind of a ‘can do’ person. I’m the one who says ‘yep, we can make that happen.’ Through force of my own personality, I often get my way.

Quietly waiting for things to take their natural course, or letting things unfold as they will, is absolutely not my happy place. I feel like if I just say this, or just do that, the ‘right’ thing will happen. Wrong.

I’m attempting to learn patience — and just going with the flow. I’m discovering that this very much a mental game.

In that waiting period, I want to jump in and add more information. I want to move the process along. I want to make sure that things are leaning in my preferred direction. And even when I don’t jump in, my mind is in full analysis mode, working through a million different scenarios. It’s terrible.

Why can’t I just let things be? I don’t always have to be making a big move. I could just sit and accept; maybe even celebrate that I don’t have to have a hand in everything.

I definitely need to learn that I will be fine even if things don’t go the way I want or intend. It’s all fine.

But I’m still thinking — should I do this, do I need to reframe that?

BTW, I bet you can’t guess where this beach is. The Falkland Islands, 2025