Dealing With An Urgent Problem?

Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore

Susie Moore

Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Philosophy, Life Coach, Motivational, Education, Personal Development, Life Coaching, Self-help, Mental Health

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🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Have you ever felt like the harder you try to fix a problem, the messier it gets? Today, we're diving into why sometimes it’s best to take a step back and let life’s issues settle on their own. Inspired by Alan Watts' wisdom, "Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone," we explore the liberating idea that not every issue demands immediate action. Join me as I share personal stories and insights from my book "Let it Be Easy," and discover how adopting a more relaxed approach can lead to ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.
0:07.0	Is there a problem that you're dealing with that has just popped up today or maybe yesterday and maybe it's thrown you off?
0:17.5	Maybe you're like, oh everything was going quite well, but then, oh, this happened, oh, there was that complaint, oh, this person did that thing.
0:25.5	It happens, right?
0:26.5	Sometimes these things pop up and we want to swoop in, we want to do all the things,
0:32.0	we take immediate action. It's all systems go. And maybe we're still stuck. Maybe something out of my control is happening.
0:42.8	I'm actually going through that right now.
0:44.8	Something out of my control is happening.
0:46.6	I'm doing what I can.
0:48.3	But I have this slight feeling of, this undercurrent of,
0:52.2	I just want it to be fixed in my body knowing that I've done what I can,
0:57.8	I have to hand the rest over, but it's still uncomfortable, right? It's still something that isn't resolved quite yet
1:06.9	I want to share with you a quote that can be soothing to you today or to someone that you know please do share these episodes with friends.
1:16.5	If something is happening and you are unable to fix it immediately, okay, or if it just cannot
1:21.4	be fixed immediately. The quote is from Alan Watts and he says this,
1:28.0	muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
1:35.0	Let me repeat that.
1:38.0	Muddy water is best cleared
1:41.0	by leaving it alone. What does this mean? This is very
1:47.4	counterintuitive to our natural human instinct, especially if we're high
1:51.9	achievers and doers, to swoop in there, get busy, solve the problem, get it done, right?
2:00.0	To me this quote really means that sometimes it is better to step back a little, right?
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