The House

This is the House that Katie Built

The life we have built on our beliefs and our values has taken years of work and effort. It is a beautiful house that we are proud to live in.

One day, someone or something comes along points a harsh bright spotlight on our house and we suddenly see that the walls are barely standing and are full of cracks. The house that we thought would take us through to our future is suddenly in danger of collapsing.

When we realise that repair is out of the question, we are faced with building another house from scratch. The thought of starting all over again is exhausting and overwhelming. We cannot contemplate the hard work it will require so we sit confused and lost on the floor and simply stare at the walls.

What Would We Like Instead?

There is no question that we need to move into a new house that is solid, stable and able to withstand the ravages of the weather. That fact is inescapable. We can vividly imagine a better house but the amount of work required seems too big, too complicated and we don’t even know where to start.

Is There Another Way?

There is more than one way to get a new house. What if you won one in a lottery, someone left you a house in their will, or someone simply gave you a house they no longer needed? What if all you had to do was pack up our suitcase and a few personal items and just move in?

It’s the What That’s Important Not the How

I know that my old beliefs and values no longer serve me, I can easily spend hours daydreaming about my wonderful evolved future self but I have no idea how it is going to happen. I am simply trusting that the Universe will bring me what I need when I need it. I do not need to struggle, strive, or do anything I don’t want to do, I just need faith that my transformation is under way and will be completed in the fullness of time.

And suddenly, when I let go of my need to figure it all out and control the process, the changes come easily, beautifully and magically.

Did you know …

• By most measures, we spend about a third of our time daydreaming, yet our brain is unusually active during these seemingly idle moments. Left to its own devices, our brain activates several areas associated with complex problem solving, which researchers had previously assumed were dormant during daydreams. Moreover, it appears to be the only time these areas work in unison.”People assumed that when your mind wandered it was empty,” says cognitive neuroscientist Kalina Christoff at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, who reported the findings last month in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. As measured by brain activity, however, “mind wandering is a much more active state than we ever imagined, much more active than during reasoning with a complex problem.” ~ Cliff Kuang