“Trust the process” is more than a cliché. When you truly trust that the process you’re in will take you where you want to go, you’re telling your Ego, “I’ve got this.”
At 5:31 this morning, my son was up. Seeing me, he blurted out, “My probation officer was here last night but I was asleep and didn’t hear the phone, so she left without seeing me.” He was livid: the police could be here any minute and take him back to jail because missing the officer’s visit constitutes a probation violation.
I panicked; so did his father. I texted the officer: “he was sleeping, so sorry,” etcetera. She didn’t answer.
My son looked at the ceiling, like praying. I did too.
I left for the gym, “golden keying” the issue (re: giving it up for the universe to resolve). He left for the probation office for his weekly check-in.
As I walked back, I found myself thinking about the issue again: what if he got a negative report that prevented his relocation, what if, what if?
When I caught myself, I felt like I was doing something wrong: if I didn’t fully trust the universe, would golden-keying work? What proof did I have that it’d work anyway?
Ah, proof! Classic Ego “I’ll believe it when I see it” attitude.
There I was, caught in Ego, trying to solve a problem I didn’t have a solution for and thinking that if I didn’t solve it, who would?
I realized then that to “trust the process” is to tell your Ego to stand down. The Ego demands proof because, in its eyes, only results count.
But your true self knows that whatever the result, you’ll be okay. And so it trusts.
What process will you trust to keep your Ego at bay?
Love,
Carolina
Carolina Perez Sanz 