Just Be (written February, 2016)

I just realized what “just be”, means. My friend has pounded this “just be” saying into my head. Most days I hear it on repeat trying to figure out what it really means. I think the light is finally on and my aha moment is finally here. I now see.

All I need to do is just be. I can only be who I am through my experiences and who I create myself to be right now in this moment. Worrying and thinking about how to “just be” keeps us from being. It’s almost funny. The more I sat and wondered what am I supposed to do, the more I was just wondering and thinking. Instead of being in the moment and enjoying the time doing whatever I was doing.

I was watching a man on YouTube and he said, “We are human beings, not human becoming’s.” I laughed so loud. In other words, stop thinking about what you want to become and just be who it is you want to become. It’s so simple and true. We just need to be. Just being and not strapped to the illusions or conditions that we’ve created for ourselves. Only being and doing what we want to do. Only being and doing what makes us happy and allowing things to come to us and being happy with the space we live within.

We create who we want to be. There is no right or wrong. We make things so complicated. If we just knew how to keep it simple, we will solve everything. The mind has to figure everything out and put everything in a category to please ego. The mind has to think, analyze and manipulate information. The mind is so much greater than a computer. The mind is only storage for everything so we have a reference point.

We must be our self and nothing else. We are already greatness coming into this world.

I heard someone say that it is hard to take a step when you can’t see any stairs in front of you. The fear of taking a step can be debilitating. Ego is like quick sand, bringing you down in seconds leaving you wondering how the hell you got there and how to get out.

There I was saying good health, money, safety, happy kids and husband, career blah, blah, blah. All I needed to do was be.

Published by Allura Eshmun