“Powerful Change” Blog #49

We wake up in the morning, hopefully with a clear head. All that we did or didn’t do,

should have been resolved in prayer and meditation before we went to sleep.

Now is a brand new day. Here is a beautiful thought:

“I am content exactly where I am.”

What a wonderful surprise for each of us to discover being alone is not lonely.

“I am loved and alive and not lonely.”

There is power in this exact statement. No one person is better off than the next. We are

each given different life experiences day in and day out, to learn from. Then we move

on to the next. Our whole life is one learning experience. We are only alive to love, learn

lessons and help someone in need. Then we leave earth, only and if and when it is our

time to go. In the meantime, its okay to have fun too.. Learn to love yourself and have

fun with self. I am sure there are alot of people who just plain don’t know how to enjoy

life? My best way to start all over at the beginning of a brand New Year is this. “assume

nothing”. Do not assume it will be a beautiful or gray day tomorrow, work with today.

Do not assume other people are out to get you, ignore you, are against you. Work on

“YOU”. Make a plan for your own day and start by being good to yourself. Perhaps do

something you want to do least. Exercise? Go for a walk? Forgive someone?

TAKE NOTHING FOR GRANTED. DO NOT DEPEND ON OTHER PEOPLE FOR YOUR HAPPINESS.

When I say assume nothing, this is what I mean. No one knows the working mind of

another person. No one knows what is on their plate and the stress they carry within

them.

With that thought in mind, I am, going to tell you about a situation that happened to me

years back. I was living in another state and I had decided to go to a Weekend Seminar

on Mindfulness and Solitude. I was checked into a religious facility where the people

attending the seminar were all given a room with a twin bed, a table and a lamp. There

was a small bedside rug and a shared bathroom down the hall. No electronics. No tv’s,

no radios, no use of our phone (except for emergency). To say the least, it was very

stark. However, I loved where I was and the desert setting especially in the Springtime

was breathtaking. Now I had promised myself that I especially wanted to learn some

techniques for “peace and solitude”. After putting all my things in order, I was ready to

explore. There was a short time before dinner when we could walk the property and

meet other guests. I found a younger woman had checked in and was right next door

to me. She appeared to be near my age. I thought she would be a perfect person to

meet and start with. So I walked next door and because there was a small window in

the door, I could see she was in the room, with her back to me. I knocked on the door

quite a few times, each time a little harder. However, for what ever reason, she decided

not to come to the door and even meet me! All the same, I knocked hard one last time

and then walked away, actually quite miffed. She was a very pretty woman and I could

see that she dressed simply but lovely and carried herself well. I immediately became

frustrated and my mind was racing. “Why did I even come here”, I started to think. At

this point, I was almost ready to give up. However, I thought so many others are just

arriving and I have not even gone to my first dinner. It was important for me to give this

another chance. I am not going into the small details of every thing that raced through

my mind. But I will say this, Its amazing how my opinion of one person could taint my

day. I know I could have learned so much more if I hadn’t been focusing on this

situation and could have learned about myself. I was preoccupied with fixing a

situation that was out of my control. Was it pride? Arrogance? Anger? It doesn’t

matter. All are wrong. Here is why the end of the weekend held such importance and

why this experience meant so much to me, even after all these years. Over the next

couple of days I saw this woman off and on, every time I saw her it was somewhat ironic

that I would either be in line behind her standing for food or somewhere across the

room where our eyes did not connect. However, when I was in line behind her, at least

once or twice I tried to talk to her from behind and she did not seem to have the time of

day for me. I talked softly to her and she did not even turn around! I HAD DECIDED SHE

WAS JUST TOO STUCK UP. By the end of the seminar all of the twenty four guests were

placed in a large circle in a big room and we were were told to share why we came to

the seminar and one main thing we had learned. I sat there listening as we went

around the room and I am not going to pretend to tell you. All this time I carried with

me over the weekend, anger and confusion as to why this woman chose to just ignore

me like this. Did she think she was better than me?

Well, remember a ways back in this blog, when I mentioned “assume nothing”? By the

time the questions got to this woman across the room, I was staring right at her. Now I

could hear her respond and see just what kind of a Christian would be so unkind and

ignore me all weekend when I was trying to be her friend. Interestingly enough, it did not

turn out anything like I imagined! The universe has it’s own way of teaching different

lessons to each of us.

Suddenly there was another woman that pulled up a chair next to her. She took a paper

from this woman’s hand and began to read, “I am so thankful to be here at this seminar.

I have struggled since birth with my deafness and I now want to thank everyone who

has helped me feel welcome.”

WHAT….? What did she just say? What had I been assuming all weekend long? For the

past three days I had thought she just didn’t care to meet me! I assumed she just didn’t

want to answer the door! I ASSUMED she was too arrogant to turn around and talk to

me!

Does anything I say register in your life about assuming things? Of course we all do this.

Now is a great time to start with baby steps and just work on “O U R S E L F’. One baby

step at a time. Nobody else problems or troubles or issues are up to us to correct. We

cannot fix another human soul! We are here and alive and on earth to work on SELF.

I think there was a strong message in the story I just shared. Whether it is a family

member, or a friend, or anyone who has hurt us - it is all behind us now. There was a

lesson in that situation to learn from.

We are preparing, if you are reading this BLOG, to start now with Powerful Change. We

can all start together and be willing to say this,

“I will assume nothing from this moment forward”.

We all know from my last Blog “Who” we can call on for unseen help and HE is right here

waiting for us. The Lord Jesus Christ is our best friend. We are never alone. “The proof is

in the pudding”, as the old saying goes. Good thoughts show good actions.

Say “Lord I need You” then ask, “What is one thing I will not assume?”

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