Impossible? Too hard? Etc?

"Argue for your limitations and sure enough they will be yours."

-- Richard Bach

Schuller Quote

“What would you do if you knew you could not fail?”
- Robert H. Schuller

I have this as a mantra on my calendar. How might you include this question each day toward opening more of your life?

Malevolent Evil = Eye of Beholder

I invite you to a thought experiment - imagine there is only "malevolent evil" in the eye of the beholder. Imagine that in truth the "perpetrator" has the same universal underlying needs that you have, and is attempting some benevolent end - either as a gift to himself, others, or the Divine. Imagine that t's only judgment and interpretation that assesses this as either 'good' or 'evil'. What if, as "beholding eyes", we practice attending to the pain or fear underlying the judgment, and uncover the yearning trying to be voiced in us? I imagine when we do, we have an opportunity for restoring our capacity for "true sight"...increased power to affect the outcomes we desire. What do you think?

It's All For You

To see reality transform and to see your power bloom, revisit and create the truth that everything you experience is in your favor.

A woodpecker woke me at 6am, hammering away at my chimney. I am SO not a morning person. So, no surprise, I was *not* a happy girl. Twenty minutes after burning paper in my fireplace in hopes of smoking the feathered brat ...erm...friend....out of my morning space, I was still awake, my mind full of chatter and things to do. I finally gave in, got back out of bed, and scratched a nuggets from the chatter into my journal.

Habitually a morning like this would have lead me to a routine of answering, "How was your day today?" with, "Oh a woodpecker woke me up early so I lost 3 hours of sleep this morning." Not pretty.

Then I remembered a friend who has a curious outlook on life. He's from the D/s community and says, "A true Dominant knows that everything is in his favor."

The thought crossed my mind...so I tried on the coat.

Yes, the woodpecker woke me....but what's also true is that during the hours I normally would have been sleeping, I learned about blogging, I learned how to do streaming audio on my website, I fetched groceries for the month, and wrote 3 new entries for one of my new books. Pretty good morning!

So now my new framing for the morning is, "Oh clearly the Muse wanted me up this morning - I've had a wonderfully productive day - totally unexpected."

Thank you, Michael, for helping me turn losses into gains! How much richer my life is now, and all the while nothing outside me has changed.

3-Minute Invitation: try an experiment - think about a "loss" you've recently suffered and then spend 3 minutes with the question, "How is this actually in my favor?"

Funny what I discovered. How about you?

I'd love to hear what you wind up with!

Curiouser and Curiouser,
Gail

Invitation: Start with the belief that, "Everything happens for the best," and "Everything happens for a reason." Looking at a circumstance that apparently failed you, or that was apparently a loss, or that you don't like. Where is it true that this was ultimately "for the best", "happened for a good reason", and/or was "in your favor"?