Through Is The Way

This writing is Certified Human

“The best way out is always through” — Robert Frost

The Obstacle

Things happen
Mistakes
Setbacks
Failures
Tragedies
Death.

We get stuck
Thinking about what happened
Thinking about the past
What could have been done
Things we missed
That left undone and unsaid.

We get stuck
Imagining a future
Where it could happen again
How it could be different
What we might do or say to change the past.

Fear
Guilt
Resentment
Sorrow
Anger
Contempt
Stall our progress
Steal our presence
Crowd out happiness.

There is no way through
If we stay.

The Gift and Opportunity

It happened.

It cannot be changed
Nothing we do or say will change it.

Life moves on
With or without us. 

We choose
How and when
What we carry
Lessons learned
Memories preserved
To forgive (ourselves and others)
To accept.

The only way through is…
Through it.

To keep moving
Learning
Loving
Living
Being present with what is.

We can let go
Of the past that anchors
Let go
Of the future that worries.

Be here
Now
In what we are doing
And who we are with.

Through is the way.

The Practice of Self-Mastery

• Notice where you are stuck
• Recalibrate to the present
• Let go of what anchors you
• Move through

CHEAT CODE: NOTICE → RECALIBRATE → LET GO → MOVE THROUGH