Choose. Let go. Allow.
Your role as a creator lies in the choosing – and in the allowing.
For a long time I thought I was choosing when I was actually clamping down: one outcome, one way it had to go, knuckles white around the plan. If you had asked me, I would have called that commitment.
This letter draws the line I kept missing: choosing is open – it names a direction and can release the outcome; wanting is narrow and grips. Your part is the what, and the openness to receive – never the how. It is the same balance "Surrender & Decision" walks through as a practice.
I still catch my hands closing. When they do, I come back to this letter.
Dear traveler,
“To choose” is, in a subtle way, something different from “to want.” Choosing means becoming aware that you always have options – always alternatives you could choose instead. Wanting feels narrow and limiting. Choosing is open.
You choose something new, something different – and in doing so, you express your needs. To have needs means knowing who you are and being able to name it.
You actively choose a path and remain open to how it unfolds. Keep choosing, again and again, what feels good and right for you. To choose means to follow your intuition – to listen to your inner voice and consciously decide to trust it.
But knowing (meaning a deep inner understanding) what you want, and choosing it, is only the first step of manifestation.
Once you have chosen, it's about letting go – letting go of prejudices, beliefs, fears, and limiting ideas. Let go of everything that tries to convince you that what you choose isn't possible. What feels right is right. Love knows no bounds – and what you choose out of love, also chooses you.
Then it's about allowing. About giving permission. Letting go and allowing go hand in hand:
“I am ready to let go of fear and doubt – and I allow it to be easy.”
Allowing means adopting an open attitude and letting what you've chosen come into being. Welcoming it into your life – and at the same time being willing to release anything that hinders or limits you.
Allowing is a form of surrender. Being open – without expectations about the how. It is a receptive inner attitude. Light and clear. Not pushing. Not demanding. Not wanting.
Loving and free.
Choose. Let go. Allow.
Thank you for being here.
If something in these letters stayed with you, take it along – think about it, write your own answer, or just let it sit.
And if not today, that's okay too. There's no rush.
Until next time,
– Jan