“When will I learn that there is no compulsion, in law or ethics, that forces me to accept humiliation, uncertainty and despair.” (ODAT, 13 January)
I thought I was trapped in jobs, environments, homes, relationships, and situations. I wasn’t. I was merely unwilling to face the possible privations, challenges, and uncertainties of leaving.
Praying and meditating for the Next Right Action and the strength to take it has enabled me to leap.
But even if I do not leap, because there are valid reasons for staying, I need not accept humiliation, uncertainty, and despair, where these are my reaction to the situation.
I can avoid humiliation by not taking things personally.
I can avoid the pressing alarm of uncertainty by ceasing to wish for certainty, and then uncertainty fades from view.
I can avoid despair by recognising the eternal OK-ness of the now, which converts all future time to equally OK nows.