Come what may
Ode to Shakespeare for coining such a sweet little ditty. In Shakespeare’s great play, Macbeth Act 1 Scene 3, when the three witches tell Macbeth that he is going to be king he has the problem of thinking about how that is going to happen. His first reaction is that he would have to kill the King, Duncan, but he pushes that thought away knowing that killing him would be horrific. It stays on his mind, however, and he tries not to think about it (resisting), taking the attitude that if it were true that he was going to become king, it would happen whatever he did (accepting). He tells himself: “Come what come may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day,” which is to say, ‘what will be will be’’.
Come what may… when you begin to say this sweet little phrase to yourself on repeat something begins to shift. It’s as if we begin to call in the next thing without even knowing it, in the best way possible. Unconsciously the thing we are calling in is our own unique destinies as we begin to co-create with the Universe. The shift is a mental/emotional “I’m ready, bring it” kind of attitude.
It is a pivotal moment of less resistance and more acceptance. Less resistance to events that are out of our control, less resistance to relationships that are out of our control, less resistance to circumstances that are out of our control, ultimately, less resistance to LIFE itself. However, you must live morally, in alignment with your own values and virtues.
This little phrase flips the script to accepting life as it is just as it is with an openness to whatever happens HAPPENS, and so it is. With this phrase on repeat, the need to resist, fight, argue, defend seizes. The need to understand, know and explain falls apart. Obstacles arise, we surrender and move forward breathing soundly knowing that come what may is unfolding in it’s own time and way.
FEAR BEGINS TO SHRINK AND FAITH BEGINS TO GROW
This phrase is about moving forward in life trusting while also knowing that whatever unfolds” it’s okay, I’m good, it is as it should be… come what may”. We learn to give into faith, family, friends and soul purpose. Life will always have challenges, resisting life’s challenges only creates illness, chaos, hardships and knocks us out of balance mind, body and soul. When living out of balance the ripple effect of what we tell ourselves lands in the body as feelings, emotions and body sensations. What you tell yourself, the stories your mind is narrating life with and the meaning you are giving life’s circumstances is how you feel at any and every moment.
When you can fully take accountability for the internal speaking of your ego and match it with such a powerful faith in and acceptance that which is bigger than you, you then have the power to change your life. As you adopt this phrase, a new rhythm begins to be heard, felt, seen and experienced.
Life is a series of cause and effects based on YOUR choices, actions, behaviors, conversations internally and externally, thoughts, stories, meanings, beliefs, perceptions, feelings, emotions and body sensations. These are the source vibrations at which you are a part of nature’s cadence as a living human being. The ego often gets in the way. The personality begins to take power over the soul's essence. Free will is each of ours to bear. Life unfolds without care because nature is not personal, it just is. Which brings me to the second part of the famous Macbeth verse mentioned above after “Come what come may…
Time and the hour runs through the roughest day.
Meaning every horrible day has its end. Every storm has its rainbow. Give up trying to control, to fix, to understand, to deny, reject, resist!!! Let it be, surrender, remembering this too shall pass. When the mind is so focused on moral confusions, remember that each day is filled with good and bad. There is beauty in every day, but will you see it? There is love in abundance, but will you allow yourself to feel it? What you focus on is what your reality will be.
“Come what may, time and the hour runs through the roughest day”
What creates ‘a roughest day’ is how it feels. When a day brings feelings of ease, peace, happiness it is the opposite of rough. And so, I circle back around to the importance of taking accountability for the thinking mind… “What you tell yourself you become” -Buddha.
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude.” -Maya Angelou
*Note, Macbeth is a tragedy of his own war between ego desires and morality. He did not adhere fully to his own saying at the beginning of the play as I explain it above, instead he created internal chaos, an agonized existence for himself, his wife and his country until he himself was killed.
MACBETH IS THE EXAMPLE OF WHAT NOT TO DO!!! OF HOW NOT TO LIVE!!!
*** To sum up the poignant message Shakespeare poured into the play Macbeth, it must be noted that Macbeth was given a prophecy by 3 witches. Macbeth becomes consumed by what his mind could not let go of and eventually this led to overriding his moral compass and taking the death of the king into his own doing, thus becoming king and fulfilling the witches' saying. In desiring power, accomplishment and riches Macbeth gave into the evil deed of murdering the king and killing many more whom he thought were a threat to what he and his wife desired. This led only to Macbeth's misery, a life of guilt, shame, remorse and paranoia. Macbeth was to be known as a tyrant, not a king. In the end, Macbeth succeeds in all his ego desires, but has no one to share it with as his wife dies or perhaps is killed, taking away his chances of having a family. Macbeth realizes what his unruly ambitions caused him; the loss of all he holds dear. Macbeth is doused in the cause and effect of immorality of being a true honest human being, one that lives values and virtues, not power, success, fame, and riches. It shows the power of the mind and how ruminations lead into feelings, emotions and thus into our actions and behaviors- creating our own realities, stories and playwrights.
