Being Is Enough, Melody Beattie 7/21 And My Comments

We are not always clear about what we are experiencing, or why.
In the midst of grief, transition, transformation, learning, healing or discipline--it's difficult to have perspective.
That's because we have not learned the lesson yet. We are in the midst of it. The gift of clarity has not yet arrived.
Our need to control can manifest itself as a need to know exactly what's going on. We cannot always know. Sometimes, we need to let ourselves be and trust that clarity will come later, in retrospect.
If we are confused, that is what we are supposed to be. The confusion is temporary. We shall see. The lesson, the purpose, shall reveal itself--in time, in its own time.
It will all make perfect sense--later.

Today I will stop straining to know what I don't know, to see what I can't see, to understand what I don't yet understand. I will trust that being is sufficient, and let go of my need to figure things out.

My thoughts on this are that even when we are struggling with self defeating behaviors and confusion about our direction, that we need to "trust our process". By that I mean that I believe that we all want to be happier and have better lives and, even when we are consciously making bad decisions or feeling out of control, that subconsciously we are still working in our own behalf to achieve a better life with better balance. When we don't know which way to go or what decisions to make we can step back, take a deep breath, take a First Step, and wait. The urgency we often feel to make decisions or do something is often just an internally created pressure. Often there will be no permanent repercussions from doing nothing.
Trust that the YOU that wants to be THE BEST PERSON YOU WANT TO BE will be working in your best interests and you will, eventually, get to where you want to be as long as you continue to work on getting to know yourself and your circumstances better so you can make better conscious choices.