The universe contains every person’s past, present and future, as well as every potential past, present, and future.

Thank you, Deepak Chopra, for explaining reality in this freeing way. At every moment– every single second of every day– there is the opportunity to reroute. We don’t have to be endlessly trapped by mental roadblocks of aversion, anxiety, resentment, or rage, all stemming from deep-set fears. They are not in the driver’s seat. 

We are. 

I control the wheel of my own mind. 

I might not be strong enough or fast enough or clear-sighted to always keep the course I desire to go. No matter. I am given countless opportunities to try again, to reroute from wherever I happen to be. Lost is not forever; lost has its own value. 

In our fear of being lost or feeling lost in the moment, the emotion, or the thought, we need only to remember we are not alone on the journey. That which holds the potential also guides us to where we want to go. Rather than reach and cling to safety, each of us can relax into the truth that in every present moment, we are at once observing and observed, with love. We can witness our lostness and in that small act start to sense we are no longer lost. 

We are in the exact place we need to be.