Sometimes dreams don’t come true. Or do they? In this Saturday’s meditation prompt, I invite you to consider that the sprit of your intention / manifestation may not be attached to any specific outcome. My mother used to say, “hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.” I eschew that because, if I’m “preparing” for the worst, some small part of me is still hoping for it. Instead, I am (still) learning that if I invest my hope not in the tangible, material outcome but in the feeling that outcome will create — the sense of accomplishment and security, perhaps — then whatever the wordly outcome is, I will still have the important part.
This doesn’t mean giving up or even compromising. It means recognizing that the Universe / God / Higher Power / Prana is just a little smarter than I am, so I make myself open to whatever it has in store.