I’ve been doing spiritual coaching for some time now, and I’ve come to the conclusion that all the problems people have with life boil down to one thing—not trusting their Higher Plan, AKA Soul Journey.

Not trusting your Higher Plan leads to sleepless nights, anxiety, worry, frustration, anger, sadness, depression, feelings of foreboding, fear—you get the picture.

On the surface, this sounds like it certainly couldn’t be true. Life throws us so many curveballs. Successfully overcoming all of those curveballs couldn’t boil down to simply trusting our Higher Plan, could it?

Yes, it could.

I hear you thinking, but I do trust my Higher Plan!

But do you really?

Let me give you some examples of how we tend to distrust our Higher Plan, and how we let our distrust lead us astray and even into an abyss of what-ifs, worry and fear.

Say you really want to find your soulmate, but you haven’t met him or her yet. You’re beginning to think it will never happen, and sometimes you get really depressed about it. You begin to wonder why you would plan something like this for yourself. You can’t help but think, this must be a mistake.

Or say you really want to buy a home, but you haven’t been able to save up enough for the down payment or your credit isn’t high enough. You’re  beginning to think that your dream home is always going to be out of reach, and this is very distressing and depressing. You can’t help but think, this must be a mistake.

Or say you really want to find your dream job, but you haven’t been able to pull that off. You’re beginning to wonder if you ever will be happy with your career. You can’t help but think, this must be a mistake.

If you’re seeing a pattern here, good! That was my intention. Look carefully at the underlying issue with each of these scenarios and you’ll see that the fear, angst and sadness that results from these situations is the result of distrusting your Higher Plan.

Because the fact is that you (along with your Life Guide) planned out your life with all of the twists and turns and ups and downs and wins and losses, because it fits into your Higher Plan and benefits you on your Soul Journey.

While this can be frustrating when you don’t get what you’ve been yearning for, the fact is your Soul knows what is best for you. And when you look in the rearview mirror—sometimes many miles back—you will often see quite clearly why you didn’t get what you wanted when you wanted it. Instead, you got what you needed when you truly needed it, and all worked out perfectly as a result.

This could mean that you found your soulmate when you and your soulmate were ready and in the same place for you to meet—physically and emotionally. The same goes for your dream home. The house was ready for you when you were ready for it. And ditto for your career.

But how do others fit into your Higher Plan? What about the “unfortunate” things that happen to people you are close to? Or what if they do things you don’t want them to do? Certainly, those are mistakes, as well, right?

Wrong.

This is where free will comes into play. There are no accidents or mistakes for those in your life, either. Whatever they planned for themselves, even if it looks like a bad idea to you right now, is what is best for their Soul and Soul Journey. Your only task is to get out of their way and give them the dignity and respect to navigate their Higher Plan without your “well intentioned” interference.

I know trusting your Higher Plan is much easier said than done. Because we want what we want when we want it, and it’s hard to let go of that. The fact is, though, the only way to what you truly want is to let go and trust that everything you planned for yourself—every twist, turn, bump, and even crash, is divinely timed and orchestrated in a way that stretches and elevates your soul.

And when you finally do give up and “say Uncle” to your Higher Plan, a funny thing happens. All of the sudden, things begin to move much more easily and smoothly for you, and what you want begins to come to you more quickly. Because you’re no longer distrusting and pushing back at your plan—you’re embracing it. Then, before you know it, what you’ve been yearning for suddenly appears.

So, go ahead and trust your Higher Plan. I challenge you to do so. And then get ready for miracles, including the most important miracle of all—a deep and abiding peace and tranquility in the knowing that all will happen for you in the exact right time. And that is a truly powerful, fulfilling way to live.