"I Can Choose"

“There are no wrong choices;
there are only different choices.”
-Susan Jeffers


Sometimes it is so comfy to pull on an old, soft, well warn cashmere sweater of self pity and the “poor me’s”. Even better yet, how about a soft, plush blanket of depression, hibernation, and a good old DVD to match my mood, and then add a little isolation to top it off. Next, I will schedule a session with my therapist to rehearse all the times I have been hurt or victimized in the past, and talk about it ad infinitum so it can trigger all those horrific memories.
The more I read and study about the “law of attraction”, the less time I want to spend in these moods. Believe me, I still go to those dark places now and then, but I choose not to spend so much time in these dark crevices of my mind! I do believe with all my heart, soul, and mind, that what I focus on expands! If I want to spend time in self pity, anger, depression, or rehearsing the past it will only draw experiences or people that match the mood or vibration. So, if I am having a pity party, my spiritual advisor will tell me to set a timer for 5 minutes and then go to town with my negative rant. But then, that’s it! After the five minutes it is time to get into a gratitude rant of what I am grateful for. More often than not, my spiritual advisor will remind me that there is not a fire truck outside my home, and there is probably not even an ambulance. She reminds me to keep things in perspective! When I am in a negative frame of mind, my thoughts can become very skewed and sometimes it helps to check in with a friend who can put me back on track and back into reality.
I realize after many years of being on a spiritual path that I have a CHOICE! I can choose to have a bad day or a good day! Regardless of the economy, my teenager’s mood swings, a friend’s hangover, a snowstorm, my bank account, a traffic jam, or whatever, I can have a great day if I choose. I am no longer the victim of the external world. I can choose to get into gratitude no matter what! I can choose to constantly go to the higher feeling thought in any circumstance. All I have to do is line up my thoughts to appreciation and what’s going right in my life rather than what is going wrong. My friend Cassy called it “mind management”. I love that! Just managing our minds to go to the glass half full rather than half empty. So when you are ready to indulge in that “stinking thinking”, change the channel to higher thoughts and you will inevitably prevent negative outcomes and you will positively be reflecting a purely magnificent life!