The other day we had a break in the frigid temperatures, and I took a walk downtown Littleton. It’s just about a mile each way and I needed some fresh air.
I was starting to feel like a hermit!
About 5 minutes into my walk, I started questioning my judgment as the sidewalks weren’t shoveled and the roads were pretty slushy. It was not easy walking.
Then I saw this:
Seeing this in the middle of snow and slush reminded me that what is happening around us is temporary. It’s in the moment and has the capacity to change … in the NEXT moment!
I think we lose sight of that when our immediate circumstances are upsetting or dis-empowering (in our mind). I say that because honestly the circumstances or events are just that. It is our interpretation of them that effects us on an emotional level, and either creates the drama or fear, or happiness.
When circumstances happen around me that could be perceived in a ‘bad’ way … like getting fired, being in an accident, getting a huge bill, someone gets sick, etc…
I intentionally move ahead in time. Yup, you heard me right. That is one of the times when I leave the present moment and move ahead on my personal timeline to a future moment. Specifically 6 months ahead of this event.
Why?
Because I realize from the past when something appears to be bad it usually isn’t. If you go ahead 6 months in your life, you would be looking back and saying, “What a blessing this was!” If that incident didn’t happen, I would not have been available for this … or I would not have been able to do this … or I would not have met ‘so and so’…
Then, I make a conscious decision to not judge this event as BAD and to just sit with it. Not as easy as you might think to enter a space of ‘no mind’. At first, I couldn’t get to a place of blessing either. So, I worked on no mind. No thoughts about this as good or bad. It just IS. I remove the energy associated with this event. Other people’s emotional energy or my own has to go. Neutral. No thoughts. No reactions. No fears.
Once you get to this spot, then the next step is the blessing part. That might take a little more work on your part. It did for me.
Just remember, this too shall pass. Spring is around the corner. You are the manifestor of your world. Thoughts become things! Choose wisely.