INTRODUCTION:

What’s It All About?

• Do you wake up regretting what you did yesterday?
• Do you dread today, seeing nothing but the same old, same old?
• Are you depressed about tomorrow, convinced that nothing will change?
• Do you spend too much time condemning yourself about what you could have, should have done differently?
• Do you feel stuck in your job, your activities, your life?
• Do you yearn for more, even if you don’t know what it is?
• Do you suspect you’ve got something to give, even if you can’t identify it?
• Are you sure it’s somewhere inside you, but you can’t seem to find it or let it out?

If your answer to any or all of these questions is“Yes, yes, yes, Lord, help me,” within these pages the Lord and I will help you reach many of the answers you’ve been searching for, even if you didn’t quite know you were asking.

What’s Here?

In the emerging tradition of books on spiritual principles applied to all aspects of life,Trust Your Life is a manual of practical spirituality.Trust buoys you if your imagined failures are stopping you from reaching for your buried Dreams and living more fully.Trust encourages you to forgive your self-judgments, overcome your guilt, step beyond self-imposed“shoulds” and deep dissatisfactions, develop yourself more courageously, embrace your creative strength and power, and learn how to rely on your always-trustworthy, knowing and peace-producing Source (whew!).

Trust Your Life is based on three Universal principles:

• First, there are no mistakes. Miles Davis, the great and enlightened jazz musician, said,“Do not fear mistakes. There are none.”1

Your self-judged“wrong” turns were nothing less than perfect. Your life experiences prepared you perfectly for where you are now.

• Second, we can reframe our pasts. When we realize there are no mistakes, we can free ourselves from branding past experiences as negative or wasted. Instead we can view our mistakes as inevitable steps toward the future we want to create. I guide you to