Frustration

I heard something today that resonated in a new profound way I had never experienced before…and that is frustration is a normal human response to where we’re going. The trick is how you wait. Do you wait with patience and positivity? Or, do you wait with anger and negativity? I can’t tell you how to wait but what I can tell you is that the frustration also signifies that something better and bigger is in store for you. Trust the unknown. I know that sounds like a cliche and if I’m being honest I too have been told that my whole life thus far and I never really believed it. Then again if it’s a cliche, it is for a reason.

I’m realizing now that it was always the unknowns where God or whatever higher power you believe in, has shown up and showed off in the BEST way possible. The things that have happened for me in NYC that I could have never made happen on my own. The moments where it was too “coincidental” and kismet that it was not by happenstance but on purpose, that I so often had to stop and say that had to be God or some other divine intervention.

The biggest difference between younger Sarita and Sarita 3.0 is how I wait. There is absolutely no point in wasting my energy on things I have no control over or questioning why. Holding onto the past or the not-so-great moments only blocks blessings from flowing into my life. The enemy or evil forces of this world would love nothing more than to knock us off our game and keep us from living our true purpose. Hold onto the things that make you happy, treat your body right, and surround yourself with healthy, mature humans that encourage love, and accept you for who you are, just as you are and not condemn. It paves way for the things you’re hoping for to happen. How can something happen if we’re rising to the occasion to be able to handle the blessing of our dreams? I’m almost more grateful for the closed doors or delays of life because they produced maturity and patience in me that I didn’t know I would need for where I’m going.

It’s going to work out, it always gets better and you’ll get to where you need to be in due time. TRUST that. I don’t know who I’m writing for but there will come a day when you’ll look back and realize that your dreams are no longer dreams, in fact, they will become reality. What are you speaking over yourself? Are you speaking life and not death? Make no mistake about death, some things or ways of older versions of ourselves or even relationships that no longer serve us have to “die” to give birth to something new. Would I still love to have my dad around? ABSOLUTELY. But growing up without him gave me SO much strength and confidence for me to get to where I am today. Was it easy? Ha. I would love to sugarcoat and tell you that it was but I would be doing you and me a disservice if I wasn’t speaking authentically. However, as I’ve gotten earlier I wait with so much expectancy and I speak life over myself and I spend time visualizing how I want my life to go & I take action, work my butt off until it happens. I did that with my schooling and looking back I don’t even know how I got through my Ph.D. program but I did (and if you’re in grad school right now you understand what I mean). I said I was going to New York after I fell in love with it and I did, I didn’t care about how hard it would be or the sacrifices it would take for me to get here but I got here! That old adage of, “if there’s a will, there is always a way…if you want something go and get it.” So many other affirmations like, if you’re willing and able, do your part and leave it up to God or the universe to do the rest.

Conversely, never get caught up in “making it happen” that you forget to rest or enjoy life along the way, that’s also equally important, maybe more than the grind. I’m learning that too as I go. Stress does no good for the body or anyone else. Trust me I get it, you’re talking to a recovering workaholic and I know it doesn’t help that we live in a world where, “go, go, go” is always preached practically since we’re born BUT perhaps we need to be better about resting too and treating ourselves with love and care. I mean how can we be expected to go, go, go if we don’t rest, rest, rest? Resting does not mean or should it imply laziness, it should imply recharging ;) Goodness, the world just needs to watch out when we operate at FULL capacity, there is NO stopping us!

Sending you so much love and light dear friends!

Xo,

Dr. Sarita