I said yes to this Opening but never imagined how much time it would take to get through it. It is tiring and sometimes confounding.

We Don’t Know

When we enter an Opening, we don’t know how long we will be there or what the full nature of our journey through the Opening will be. We may have an initial sense of the Opening  We may know the nature of an opportunity or situation before us and where it might take us. We may have things we do to prepare for the Opening. We enter the Opening with the provisions we think we need for the journey and then watch as the journey reveals itself.

Accepting this takes courage, as does any encounter with the unknown. In truth, our lives are infused with the unknown. Sometimes, we do our best to believe we have a situation in hand and we won’t be surprised with something unknown, but that is a fantasy. The unknown is a part of life. It brings adventure, helps us grow and strengthens us. It also raises our fear, uncertainty and destabilizes our grounding.

A long Opening has significant unknowns particularly relating to time. We may enter with a notion of our timing, but cannot really know.  As time drags on, we face multiple uncertainties. We question how things are going. Is this a good Opening for us? Are we doing what we should be to get through the Opening? Is there something we are doing wrong?

Accepting

Acceptance comes from an understanding of the reality of where we are. When we find ourselves in a long Opening, it is best to make our way to accepting the unknowns involved. Otherwise, we are filling in unknown spaces with what we may wish for or may dread instead of the truth. Doing this may make us feel comfortable momentarily but it doesn’t move us forward. It sends us on a path that doesn’t exist.

Acceptance involves being fully present in the moment. Say we have entered a long Opening after the ending of a relationship or job. We may be dealing with the shock of what has happened and need to give it time until we can center ourselves again. We may have no idea of where we will go from here. We may need to gather information before we can set a new course.

A state of acceptance does not assume we know everything we need to know about traveling through an Opening.  It brings us to reality, to the present moment and to where we really are. Anything else is a false path that usually causes complications, takes even more of our time and often gets us nowhere.  Then, we find ourselves in a place where we have to begin again. Acceptance is a solid starting point in a long Opening.