Bait & Switch

"When we are willing to learn, the Universe will surely disclose many things to us."

Of course there are times that I'll sit and think about all the things I don't have. That shinier car or that big house and expensive toys. When I start, it's hard to stop. I scan the lives of others and quietly (sometimes not so quietly) begrudge my life and circumstances. Woe is me. I focus exclusively on the things I do not have and wish I did, and I wonder how happiness eludes me. I'll never get "those" things or have "that" life.

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This inevitably leaves me agitated, even doubtful that my life is headed in the right direction. After a few minutes, possibly hours of making myself miserable I finally stop. I tell my brain, "Enough!"I quiet my thoughts as best I can and decide it's time to redirect my thinking. I have the power to do this. Most days anyway.

I remind myself that my thoughts do not define my being. They are just thoughts and I have thousands of them each day. Some stick, some don't. Growth is cultivating the thinking that works and discarding the sort that doesn't.