Feeling stuck is not a great feeling, is it? I have been feeling very stuck lately and it frustrates me, it saddens me, and yet at the same time, I have started to release it all and not take it too seriously. This has been a great gift! The more I let go, the better I feel. The better I feel, the more energy I have to correct the thoughts that I do not want to repeat any more. The less I think the repetitive thoughts that no longer serve me, the more energy I have to create. The more I create, the better my chances are of manifesting what I want in my life. The more I manifest what I want, the less stuck I feel. The more I stick with this whole process, the more the cycle will continue to strengthen and gain speed. More, more, more of what I want, and less, less, less of what I don't want. And I don't want to feel stuck! But sometimes I do. Sounds like a Dr. Seuss story, doesn't it?
My ability to endure and persevere during the stuck times strengthens my will, tolerance and patience. All of these qualities help me when I am ready to move forward, when I feel inspired. They will also support me the next time I feel stuck. We can always learn and grow during the down times, the hard times, the painful times. What we learn there seems to be solid stuff. What we feel there is difficult. Perhaps there is another perspective that I could take on feeling stuck. Perhaps feeling stuck isn't really being stuck at all. Perhaps I am moving forward while down in the mud and just don't know it because it's not the same feeling as getting a new client or getting an email from someone who liked my healing meditation on YouTube.
Yet every time I come out of a stuck place, I feel more energized, optimistic and strong, so something must be going on during these periods. I really believe that out of the darkness comes the light and that I need the dark periods to reevaluate what is working in my life and what is not. I have also found that self-care in lieu of self-beating is a lot more productive and in support of getting un-stuck. Taking walks, baths, going for hikes, going to a movie or taking a yoga class are all ways of nurturing where I'm at. If you are one of those though who finds it intolerable to be stuck, and can't do any of the above, then take action! Taking action, big or small, starts the manifestation cycle faster than anything. At one point a friend said to me, "Get off your ass!" and she was right! When I started taking action, I felt better. When I felt better, I had more energy to correct my repetitive thoughts that were keeping me stuck. And so on...
Now there are those times when my actions are not producing my desired results. That's when I think you have to give it a rest and understand that it's not time to be taking action. Sometimes our inaction is the action we need to be taking. Did you know that the bud of a lotus flower grows in the mud? And that it continues to grow upwards, pushing through the darkness and only when that bud reaches the surface of light does the lotus flower open? Perhaps that is the beauty of the human spirit as well.
