Is it me?

Unique Perspectives: Is it me?

By Kim Stevens

Is it me?

There’s a phrase my meditation instructor uses that I just love: Supportive Nature.

He describes it as those moments when things simply line up. When the right person shows up. When timing works in your favor. When a decision feels clear instead of conflicted. When life feels less like something you’re managing and more like something quietly working with you.

At first, I might have called it luck. Or being blessed. Or serendipity.

But the more I paid attention, the more I realized it was something else entirely.

I began to notice that supportive nature wasn’t random. It showed up most consistently when I was calm, grounded, and not forcing an outcome. I stopped seeing it as something I earned—and started recognizing it as something that emerged when I got out of my own way. And trust me, there have been plenty of times I needed to do just that.

Here’s a recent example.

I was preparing to hire someone for an important position in my company. I was working on the job ad, trying to put into words the kind of person I was looking for. Not just skills—but energy, depth of character, a certain way of being. The kind of qualities that are hard to describe on paper.

Just as I was getting ready to post the ad, one of my agents mentioned that he knew someone who might be interested in real estate and asked if I would speak with her. Of course I would—those conversations are some of my favorites.

She came into the office and I immediately liked her. Bright smile. Easy, grounded energy. Down to earth. We talked briefly about real estate, and then she casually asked, “Do you have any other positions available?”

And just like that—there it was. In the blink of an eye, the exact person I had been looking for walked right through the door. That’s supportive nature.

No fireworks. No big announcement. Just life meeting me halfway—before I launched a whole interview process, reviewed stacks of resumes, and turned something simple into something complicated. This felt easy. Natural. Effortless. Right.

It’s not that challenges disappear. It’s that action just becomes cleaner. Timing improves. Resistance softens. Supportive nature doesn’t mean life gives you a free pass. It means you stop swimming upstream.

I’ve seen this play out again and again—in business, in leadership, in relationships, and in deeply personal moments. The less frantic I am to make something happen, the more often it unfolds with surprising ease. The less I override my inner knowing, the more life seems to support the direction I’m moving in.

Supportive nature feels like being carried instead of dragged.

And while you don’t need a specific label or belief system to experience it, I do believe it’s something we cultivate through consistent practice (Yoga & meditation are big ones for me) through creating a steady inner state that puts us on a kind of track where life can meet us more easily.  Because life actually wants to help.

Who knew?

What I realize today is this…  Supportive Nature isn’t complicated. We are ;)