<div dir="ltr"><div>David, Rarely can words capture the magnificence and depth of life - beginnings and endings. "Trust the process" and this blog are such a precious gift. Thank you for sharing it and please convey to Charles that it feels as if he has become a mentor to us all. <br></div>Suzanne<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 9:05 AM, David Osborne via OSList <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I couldn't help but think of you as I read the latest blogpost below on trusting the process and "riding the wave" of what is emerging. The blog itself is from a dear friend and mentor of mine Charles Bower. He is in the final stages of ALS. He has been blogging about his experience of dying for the past two years since his diagnosis. I found this particular post profound.... I pasted the entry here and the link to Charles Blog is below.
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">From an early age I always loved the words "if you want to have a friend you have to be a friend". Then one day while sitting with a friend and in a moment of awareness these words came alive. They were no longer just words and I felt for the first time their deeper meaning.</span>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Perhaps the three most important words which had a huge impact on my life, I first heard at Shalom 1984 - "Trust the Process". When I heard this saying, my initial response was, of course, it is important to trust what is going on right now. This is the process unfolding and I must trust what is. I tried to live and practice these words and quickly discovered that trusting in the process was not particularly difficult, especially when things were going my way. I found them comforting when something that I was trying to influence came to fruition. I could smile and say yes - "trust the process" it works. It quickly became clear that trusting in the process was much more difficult - sometimes impossible - if it wasn't going according to the plan. If the process wasn't unfolding in the way I felt it should, I would sometimes becoming a victim, wishing that what was happening would be something different. The process is the process - what's happening is what's happening - this is reality. I came to believe and consciously try to practice being in the now and at this time of transition, I find these words very comforting.</span>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Trusting the process doesn't mean giving in but giving up to what is. Trust the process means instead of trying to make what I want to happen, I become more aware of what is actually going on - what is trying to emerge, come to life and energize that. When I am trusting the process, I feel the flow of energy and ride that wave trying not to resist going with the flow. Trusting the process I believe is an inside job where the intuitive is often the guiding force. Trusting the process can bring a calmness no matter what's going on and most often the best decisions in life are made in this state. Trusting the process requires faith. So here I am, my life quickly winding down and I wonder where I will get the strength for what is coming? The process of my body's disintegration is by its nature intimidating - it is an ongoing feeling of helplessness, of becoming useless, and there is no doubt the departure from life is a daunting experience. However, I'm committed to trusting what is and what will be. Perhaps another way to practice trust the process is show up, be present,tell your truth and be unattached to the outcome.</span>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">The final role in my movie is to die with dignity, consciously, my mind at peace, overflowing with gratitude for having experienced this life. Trust the process is an act of courage and faith knowing that the universe is unfolding as it should. I remind myself regularly that 1 million people die every week - it's just my turn.</span>
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<span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Cambria,serif">Do you trust the process or do you normally resist? Disappointed, anger, annoyance or apathetic can be indicators of resistance. I would encourage you to ride the wave, give in to what is trying to emerge. Perhaps the old beliefs have had their day. Trust the process - you might be amazed at what is about to be born. </span>
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I hope you found it valuable.
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