Yes to Life

I was invited to spend this past weekend in Nebraska at a ranch for a retreat/festival hosted by a well-known guy in the finance industry. 

The way the invitation came in just a couple weeks prior was very serendipitous and it happened to be the one weekend in October I didn’t have any plans.

So I said yes.  I didn’t know a soul that was going to be there but it sounded right up my alley and I felt a lot of excitement at the thought of going.

I went in with zero expectations and just kept myself open to whatever was present.

It was cold, rainy and extremely muddy. I was staying in a tent with someone I never met before.  I was forced to mingle and eat dinner with total strangers. It pushed me out of my comfort zone in a lot of ways. 

What happened? I had the most magical time! I said yes to everything, I ran into just the right people at exactly the right time and I broke out of some of my hard and fast rules and stayed up all night.

It was expansive, fun and freeing.  It proved to me this is what happens when we say yes to life and allow things to unfold naturally, exactly as they should without expectations, pushing or forcing.

I think I’ll give this a try more often - saying yes to life when opportunities present themselves and trusting the unfolding.


XO

Adrienne