The Camel and the Needle

The other day I was attempting to get a lot of things done; get them off my 'to do' list.  Now, you'd think I'd know better than that by now, since I go on and on about Living On Purpose.  But sometimes it is just so tempting to fill myself up by trying to accomplish a lot of things.  Well, it didn't go very well.  By the end of the day I was tired and frustrated because everything I had attempted to 'get done' had seemingly backfired -- sound familiar?  I threw my hands up in exasperation and said, "I can't make anything happen!"  Then a voice, and a chuckle from within said, "Ahh, you said it yourself."

I can't make anything happen, I can only allow them to happen.  When I am making them happen I am forcing, controlling, worrying about, being right about things in order to get'em done.  I may get away with this mediocre method of creating in my life for a while, but eventually it will lead to exhaustion and probably giving up. 

As I heard myself say, "I can't make anything happen," the biblical reference, "it's like trying to get a camel through the eye of a needle" flashed through my head.  In this story a rich young man wants to know what he needs to do to obtain eternal life, and Jesus instructs him to follow the commandments.  The rich young man replies that he has done that and wants to know what else he needs to do.  So Jesus tells him to sell all he has and follow him.  Well, that feels like a lot to give up/let go of for the young man.  He probably began to question how much he really wants eternal life?  Jesus turns to his disciples and, in my opinion is meaning to exagerate his point by saying, " . . . it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

Well, sometimes it may seem more likely for a camel to fit through the eye of a needle (next to impossible) than it is to let go of controlling things, making things happen, or trying to fill the void of unworthiness through accomplishment and achievement, but it is not.  LOP guarantees that letting go of making things happen, and instead relaxing into the ease and flow of allowing what we want, will be more productive.  Productive as in bigger, better, and faster than what we were expecting through making things happen.

LOP means the willingness and belief in letting go is how the camel will fit through the eye of a needle .