>Share this Article on Facebook<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s so easy for us to forget this, because faith doesn\u2019t show us tangibles. It requires us to relinquish control, and trust that things will work out. It\u2019s always easier to worry about what might happen next, and cling to that, because even though it stresses us out, worrying gives us a form of control, whether we want to view it that way or not. It\u2019s just easier\u201d to just think \u201cSo and so might never be honest with me,\u201d or \u201cWhat if I never find a job?\u201d The thing is, the more we do that, the more we just that stressful uncertainty, and not what\u2019s healthier for who we are.<\/p>\n
Two years ago, I decided that I wanted to quit my current desk job. At the time I was working as a manager at an osteopath\u2019s office. When I initially started the job, I had come straight from graduate school, where I got my degree in creative writing. I promised myself that I would only leave this job, if my writing career took off, so I toiled away part-time, making very little money, and finishing writing projects on the side. Finally, after three years, I realized that a writing job didn\u2019t look like it was coming on the horizon, and I wanted to make more money to be able to live a better lifestyle, so I decided I had finished a couple of projects, and that I was going to have faith that the universe was going to lead them to the right places, and I was going to now take care of myself differently and more responsibly, while just being open to having another full-time office job, until my writing career took off.<\/p>\n
Before I left, one of the regular patients, who I had gotten quite close to, had said to me that a Cherokee woman once told her \u201ctell the universe how you want to feel, and let it provide the form for you.\u201d The solution in that, is that sometimes what we think we want isn\u2019t what\u2019s best for us, so if we concentrate on wanting to feel positive, supported, grounded, creatively fulfilled etc, and just trusting that the universe will provide what\u2019s best for us, we walk in faith towards our best selves and outcomes. I took that phrase to heart, and when I quit, thought a lot on how I wanted to feel in my next work place, and then started writing it in my cover letter. I wanted to be in a positive environment, with people who cared and were passionate about what they were doing, were okay with my heavy arts background, and where I could learn new skills. I listed to myself how much money I wanted to make, and also that I wanted to be in an environment where my opinion was respected. Because of that, I stood out, and started attracting these kinds of environments to me. But at first things were slow, so I promised myself during this uncertain transition, that I would not freak out like I had in the past, but just to do the best I could every day, asking for help from people, remaining open and trusting that things were working out for the best (though I\u2019m not going to lie, there were a couple of times I did freak out, but I kept saying out loud to the universe \u201cI\u2019m trusting in you!\u201d).<\/p>\n