Although I’m a goal-oriented person, I have also found the importance of learning to release the need to control the outcome of situations. Acceptance, and surrendering to a situation has helped me overcome fears and phobias in the process. E.g. I can plan a trip and set it into motion, but I cannot control the details.
The morning I departed for Door County, WI, my driver was very late picking me up for the airport. Like 45 minutes late. Rather than getting into anxiety and fear about missing my flight, I realized that it would be ok either way. Either I would make the flight or I wouldn’t. This freed me up and brought a strange sense of calm.
They were calling my name as I waited in the long security line, but I made it onto the plane five minutes before departure. Stress and anxiety about the situation wouldn’t have done me a lick of good.
Buddha said: This is the secret of existence. Have faith in yourself, in the work, and in the fact that if you keep doing the right things while listening to your own rhythms, you’re doing fine. You don’t have to achieve anything. You don’t have to get anywhere. This moment right here, one breath at a time, is your destination. You’ve arrived.
Evolving Magazine publisher and travel writer, Jill Dutton, caught the train travel bug when she spent three months in Europe with a Eurail pass. Now, she enjoys traveling–and writing about–the U.S. and Canada by rail.
Freelance Writer
Jill has worked as a freelance writer for more than 20 years. She is the author of, The Joyous Journey: Living Life on Purpose, with Purpose. In January 2015, Jill departed on the first of several trips traveling the United States writing feature articles, blog posts, and an eventual series of books on train travel. Follow Jill on her travel blog at www.USAbyRail.blog.
Magazine Publisher
Jill Dutton has created three publications over the past 21 years. She published Evolving Woman magazine from 1994-2000, then started Evolving magazine in 2009 and Eating Well in Kansas City in 2010. Read Evolving Magazine at www.EvolvingMagazine.com.
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