Owning a white sofa
I love the look of a white sofa. It makes your living room look so light and airy. It says you have a certain lifestyle. I used to sigh and say, “I can’t have nice things because they’d just get wrecked.” But now I know better. Words have power - I don’t want to speak not having nice things into existence.
I took a ride in my friend’s high tech luxury car the other day. She was showing me all the cool features and benefits. It was a slick ride. I was in a trance as we glided down the road in sumptuous comfort. I was doing math in my head…OK maybe if I just eat peanut butter sandwiches for a year, I could have this car too. I started to have a Freaky Friday moment - what would it be like if we traded places, and I had that car. To be clear, I was super happy for her. She has worked hard and she deserves to be blessed with that car. At the same time, there was a piece of me that was wistful and envious.
But when I returned back to my regular life, the spell was broken. I realized I’m not meant to have certain things, and that’s OK. The truth is we make choices, we make trade-offs. I traded a life with a white sofa for a life with a large, energetic dog who loves to sneak up on the couch. And I mostly have chosen to spend any extra money on experiences instead of things. And I am really, REALLY grateful for all the blessings I do have. (💡Tip: gratitude is the key to even more blessings in our lives. Check out my OAG method for attracting miracles and magic!)
The key is to pay attention to our choices. Be mindful. Be deliberate. And when we find ourselves yearning for something somebody else has and we don’t, we can ask ourselves,, “would I have chosen differently if someone handed me a do-over?” “If I were Jamie Lee Curtis, would I have chosen to stay in Lindsay Lohan’s body?” More than 90% of the time, the answer is no. And if the answer is ‘well…maybe,‘ then it’s never too late to make a new choice.
And when we’re not clear which choice to make, we have an entire spiritual support team on call 24/7, just waiting for us to invite them in. All we need to do is ask for guidance, ask to be shown the wisdom that lies in our hearts. We can ask, ‘please show me what choice in this situation will serve the highest good for everybody involved.’ And the answers will eventually come. Sometimes it’s a little whisper, or a nudge, or a tiny pull in a certain direction. But those answers will come. Those doors will open. And we need to muster up the hutzpah to step through that dang door, because it doesn’t stay open forever. And life is more beautiful on the other side of it.
And most of the time, if we look really closely at our lives, we can see we are already blessed with riches, indeed.
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