Goodness, I’m not sure. I have hesitation about entering this Opening. What should I do?

We Have Choice

There are no absolute rules to follow when it comes to Openings. The decision rests with us. The choice whether to enter an Opening is ours to make. This gives us freedom and agency to guide our own paths. With choice, comes responsibility (to our own selves). Once we acknowledge this, we can ready ourselves for the decision before us and proceed in the best way possible.

Not every Opening is a must to enter. Openings are fluid. Some will work and some will not. They are markers on our journeys. Our decisions regarding them set our path. We choose what’s right for us in the present moment. Whatever our decision, we grow in making it. Openings will continue appearing unless we shut them out in fear or lethargy. Our growth is the point of an Opening.

Acknowledging and owning our power of choice moves us forward in a positive way and empowers us. We create our destiny through our choices. At the same time, choices have consequences – good ones and bad ones. Our choices need careful consideration. With choice comes responsibility. As Dr Seuss said “You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.”

Not Ready?

Sometimes an Opening appears, and we don’t feel ready for what it can bring or even for making the choice whether to enter it. This can stop us in our tracks.  The important thing is to stay in place and to acknowledge and embrace the choice before us. Running away gets us nowhere and can even send us backwards.

At the same time, the choice is before us for a reason. Best that we find out what the reason is by facing the Opening and figuring out what its nature is. Openings have purpose. They are not aimlessly showing up in our journeys. They guide and challenge us. If we look at Openings in this perspective, we will want to explore them and do what is needed to make the best choice possible.

Discernment is called for when we feel we are not ready for an Opening. We can explore what is behind this feeling. Is there fear? Are we truly not ready? When we decide to pass by an Opening because we are not ready, there is still some work to do. We can analyze the basis for our decision not to enter. Perhaps the Opening was not right for us and we know why or we need to assuage and release our fear or we need to get ourselves more prepared for the challenges the Opening proposed.