When I first started using the Open Moment idea for the purpose of improving my life, I only had one understanding of what "Open Moment" meant. Back then, about a hundred years ago (okay, 26 years ago), it meant, "just having the tiniest corner of your mind open to the possibility that what you want could actually happen" and I applied that idea to those things that seemed WAY out of reach... too big to even consider going for. I found that having just that barest willingness to believe in possibility was super helpful. It was great for keeping me from giving up on my dreams, and before I knew it, I found myself going down a path that I NEVER would have tried going down before, which led me to an amazing life that I wouldn't have been able to even consider before.
More recently, my understanding of the Open Moment (OM) has expanded. Literally. Pun very much intended. "Living in the OM" means, to me, staying wide open and willing. Wide open and willing to what? To trust that everything is always working out for me. To know that in each individual moment I have every single thing I need. To be willing to refrain from judging others harshly - to recognize that I really have no idea what anybody else is struggling with, so giving them some grace is the most open-minded, open-hearted thing I can do. To be willing to let go of control. To be willing to let whatever happens be okay - to trust that everything happens for a really good (Divine) reason, even if it feels terrible.
And on and on. I like to practice living in the Open Moment because it helps me to be willing to remember that there isn't anything that is not Divine in nature, no matter how "bad" it looks or feels. It helps me to welcome the roller coaster that being human naturally is, instead of being afraid of it.
Today, after three and a half years of really struggling with life in general (a deep roller coaster low), I feel as if I'm emerging from a pitch-black cave and into the light, finally. Wide open and willing to experience my life as a bigger and more alive version of me than the me who got sucked in there in March of 2023. It finally feels good to be me again. I am grateful to be on the other side of that dark night of the soul (the valley, the cave, the dip in the roller coaster).
I am blessed. And I'm looking forward to the next iteration of my life experience in which I can stand in the middle of my circumstance and feel empowered and able to handle whatever happens with the Open Moment attitude that I love so much. Juicy, and full of light and life!
Care to join me? You are welcome here.
Love, Sandi
