Yes…it’s so easy to be positive, it’s so easy to have a great outlook on life, it’s so easy to believe in the ‘Law Of Attraction’, the goodness of God, and all that…when things are going well for you. Now…how do you think I know that? Yep, that was me. There I was in all my glory talking to people who where having a hard time in life, telling them “Yeah, you have to keep fighting! You have to be positive.” Even though I didn’t actually believe I was better than ‘them’, looking back on it, I know I had a certain level of arrogance. I felt like I had figured it all out, and that if only these poor people would follow my sage advice they too could be positive like me.
Well…the recession kicked in, and it’s been kicking ever since. I’m lucky if I make half what I made a year ago. Sometimes I literally wonder if I might have to ask a friend for food…and that has a way of humbling a positive thinker. It’s as if God is saying to me “So…you really believe all that positive thinking stuff? I’m going to test you to see how much you really believe.”
As it turns out I really do believe that stuff. I really do believe that our thoughts materialize. What we focus on becomes our reality. We really can attract things into our life. But, I learned something else. I learned that it’s a whole lot harder to be positive when you can’t pay your rent. So, I can empathize a whole lot more with people who are having a hard time. However I will not simply accept that there is nothing we can do. I won’t let my friends off the hook when they say they have no power. I cannot support that.
I believe that we are all powerful. Each of us can make a choice. The quality of that choice is what will determine the quality of the reality we find ourselves living in. Every time we make a choice we moves ourselves along on a path. Weak victimized choices lead to a predictably weak reality. Another person given the same scenario might make a powerful choice and their reality will reflect that powerful choice. There are people right now in the same recession you and I are in, making tons of money. If the recession is what’s keeping us down, how would it be possible for anyone to make money? I talked to a realtor a couple of weeks ago that said he had a good year…imagine that!!!
The recession ain’t the problem. The problem is what we do about the recession. A coming New Year is always a great time to reflect and to project. What I wish for you and for me is the recognition that at any time, no matter what the challenge, we can make a choices that empower us. The more we stack up these powerful choices…the more we can look forward with boundless optimism to 2010. Happy New Year!
Stay Fly and Fly High!
KLH
