No matter how much we want it to be otherwise, the truth is that we are not in control of the unfolding of our experiences. Despite our search for stability and prediction, for the center of our loves to hold firm, it never does. Life is wilder than that, a flow we cannot command or stave off. We can affect and influence and impact what happens, but we can’t wake up in the morning and decide what we will encounter and feel and be confronted ny during the day. Invariably, when I finally think that I have gotten one aspect of myself under control, life intrudes forcefully to show me otherwise.
Sharon Slazberg, Faith
Mindfulbalance 
My morning’s post writing was much about this. And that is why I don’t make promises. I set intentions, and I (try) to allow life to unfold as it will, flowing with it to manifest my intentions. I read recently that a promise is the manifestation of an intention. If that be so, I make good on promises I never even made.
Many thanks for all the mindful and insightful quotes and posts.
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