My ex-husband and I were working in the Center’s office. He picked up the phone, and on the other end was our eldest son. He called to chat with us about what was currently happening; he was a bit flustered and irritated about his work. He was upset and disappointed that he had not received a raise that he felt he was due.
During this conversation, we made room for him to express his frustration for a few moments prior to asking him to slow down and get refocused. We requested that he get perfectly clear about the finished result that he desired. We asked all the clarifying questions that one would when conducting a practitioner interview and got the details needed to support his knowing.
During the phone call, which he was making from his job, his boss came to him, so of course, we had to hang up. He called us back two minutes later to let us know that his boss had just offered him a multi-dollar raise and a cash bonus which he was not expecting at all. Clearly, we were in awe of this immediate demonstration and couldn’t wait to emphasize how Life shows up when you switch your attention and get clear.
Being a teacher of metaphysics and the Science of Mind, there is nothing more that I could wish for more than having my sons experience the power of intention in all of its beauty and creative nature. Only through direct contact with this awesome power can one understand what’s possible and be in the awe of it.
If only, if only I had had someone telling me years ago to switch my attention from what’s wrong to what’s possible. If only I had had the disciplined mind to do this earlier. I was visioning the other day with a prayer partner, and the first question we asked was: What is God’s highest idea for my ministry? (This is a question that I live in all the time; it helps me stay alive.) The visual that came immediately was the image of a bullfighter. All of a sudden, I could see a stadium of onlookers as this huge and mighty bull charged at the bullfighter and his muleta (the red cape)-- and the strong, handsomely dressed, CONFIDENT bullfighter simply stepped to the side and allowed the bull to pass.
What this said to me was this: life will continue to be life – all of its inherent beauty, problems, issues and such, but my option is to masterfully step out of the way and allow it to pass me. In other words, I get to choose not to attach myself to anything that I don’t want to, to let it pass me by, to not have life’s interesting stuff run me over.
Oh, if I could have known this earlier! So the beauty of my son getting this dramatic and meaningful live-time life lesson is a gift that can’t be taught in the classroom. May you remember that you are always in choice; you always have options; and you get to live in the infinite world of possibilities. It's called letting life work!
Love to all. It's good to be back!
