Let Go And Let Come

Things Effortlessly Happen

1.15.2026

Waves roll in and out.

No need to chase after them.

Let go and let come.

When I woke up yesterday, my mind immediately went to a “to-do” list. I’m not where I want to be, so I have to put pieces in place to make things happen.

I.

I have to.

I make.

I make things happen.

Then the still, small voice whispered “Let go and let come.”

It was a simple reminder that I am not alone in my walk, and that I am not the mistress of the universe. Driving, striving, pushing and grinding are what we generally feel we should be doing to progress in life. But there are times when all that energy is futile. No matter what I try I’m not achieving what I want. Like the time I was trying to kill a flying insect that was disturbing my morning yoga practice.

About 15 minutes into my regimen I heard a buzzing around the overhead light. Trying to stay in my Zen zone wasn’t working. The more I tried to ignore it the more I realized I wasn’t ignoring it. I started jumping up to swat it down. I was swinging wildly, and I’m sure I looked ridiculous because the bug was too quick for me. It was taunting me. “Here I am…Sucker… I’m over here…. Wow, you really are slow.”

I kept trying until it dawned on me that I was only getting frustrated, so I let it go and resumed my yoga. But I held a quiet thought. Eventually that bug is going to come to me. I won’t have to chase it. I returned my attention to the deep breathing, stretching and focusing on my body, not anything external. A few minutes later, the insect landed inches away from me, just where I needed it to be.

That’s what it looks like to let go and let come. My morning discipline of the quiet yoga keeps me balanced and centered. (Note: Medical and psychological studies are now reporting many other benefits of yoga.) When distractions interfere with that centering work I have to then train myself to stay in that centered place.

Admittedly, letting go of the striving isn’t always easy. It requires unlearning what we have held to be true, which is to not stop until you get what you are chasing. Certainly, there are times when it is the season for grinding it out. But when that hamster-on-a-wheel phase is looming large, know that it’s time to pause.

Many of us are trying to figure out how to move through these times we’re in. That awareness will also come. How do I know? Because there is a better way.

Take time to be at peace within. Allow what you want to show up without forcing it. It is so much sweeter to feel like you’re cooperating with a divine force that’s greater than us.