– Lao Tzu
When I’m traveling, I am a very different person: instead of being on top of every detail and possibility, I just relax and go with the flow. I trust that whatever comes up will work out, and that unexpected developments will prove positive in some way. I know people who live like this every day. We call them free spirits, and everything just seems to work out for them even though they don’t stress out about being on time or how the bills will get paid or being perfect and responsible and ‘successful’ and good enough. The more I look back over the past, the more I can see that so much of what I worried about would have worked out fine if I had just relaxed and trusted that doing my best in the moment would prove to be enough. Many of us are constantly worrying about everything turning out okay, when relaxing and just doing our best is all we really need to do.