Whew! What a whirlwind day today has been! This was a two margarita night! : )
While I was holding on, riding the wild bull today, I worked hard to keep my attitude pointed in the right direction…or pointing my boat downstream, as Esther and Jerry Hicks would say.
No matter that it took four calls to get my lab work, eight emails to straighten out a work issue, fifteen emails to address another issue, and the list goes on. What’s the deal?
Sometimes it takes a lot of talking to keep yourself centered. While taking a whirlwind tour to deliver some items, I decided to pop Jerry and Esther Hicks into my car CD player. I needed a little reinforcement to tell me to keep my boat pointed downstream. Somehow I knew they would tell me exactly what I needed to hear.
How about these two statements?
“What you believe and what you manifest are always the same.”
and
“Tell the story the way you’d like it to be.”
Let’s tackle the first statement first. In the midst of today’s craziness, a miracle appeared.
I have a family member who has been up to his eyeballs in a chaotic work situation. For several weeks now he would send me several messages depicting a totally crazy work situation. No matter. I kept focusing on the positive outcome that he wanted, and kept coaching him to stay positive and focus on the same.
Today he sent a series of three emails in a row, each one more bizarre than the last. Never mind, I had this feeling deep down that all would be well. Finally, the fourth message came. Stunned, he shared that the desired outcome, one that appeared totally out of reach, was coming to fruition. Check! What Esther and Jerry Hicks teaches is correct, ““What you believe and what you manifest are always the same.”
Now let’s look at the next message, “Tell the story the way you’d like it to be.” Well, this one was not going to be as easy. Both my husband and I had experienced unbelievable days today. It was not going to be easy to sit at the dinner table and not rehash the horrors of the day.
However, armed with just having listened to the CD playing in my car, the Abraham–Hicks teachings, I was determined to focus on what went well today. I intentionally steered the conversation in the right direction, but midway slipped a little. I related the story of a family phone call I had received earlier in the day. Whoa, me cracking the door open was all it took to launch our boat totally upstream.
Recognizing what was happening, I then changed the conversation midstream. Time to stop the bleeding. On we then went, with our boat headed the right direction for the remainder of the meal.
Oh, to be human, so easy to forget that whatever we are thinking and feeling, we are attracting to ourselves. Far better to see the “contrast” in our lives as positive.
Ever think about the wisdom in the nursery rhyme, “Row, row, row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream. “
Have a beautiful weekend! : )
