Zeroing In On The Little Plastic Ball
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010“You’re picky about the car you drive. You’re picky about what you wear. You’re picky about what you put in your mouth. We want you to be pickier about what you think.” Abraham-Hicks.
I created this blog as a way to help me and others be picky about what we think. I wanted to see what would happen if I deliberately focus my thought on what is right in my life and what I want.
Instead, my intention to focus my thoughts this way has unleashed a torrent of thoughts about what is wrong in my life and about what I don’t want.
In other words, it has shone a spotlight on how far I am from where I want to be. I keep zeroing in on the mess I’ve made instead of the little pockets of wonder in the mess.
A reader posted a comment yesterday and included a link to a video that reminded me of what I need to screw my head on a little better and focus my thought much, much better. I’d watched the video before, but I’d obviously forgotten everything I heard.
Fast Tube by Casper
Focus on what’s right. That’s what Abraham-Hicks emphasizes. Instead of looking at the pieces that haven’t fallen into place, we have to look at what has fallen into place.
I have trouble with this. With so many pieces of my life out of place right now, finding what’s right seems the same as finding one small glass fisherman’s float hiding in the driftwood somewhere along a 50 mile stretch of beach.
It’s like looking at a pile of 3000 jigsaw puzzle pieces and trying to find the one that has the small yellow spot on it.
So hard to focus on the good when the good seems to be overwhelmed by the bad.
BUT …
We do it all the time. I do it everyday, actually.
As you can see from the header (and if you know me, you know this), I have this incredible, joyful Springer spaniel, Ducky. Ducky truly is pure grin-inspiring delight.
[Oh wow … and talk about law of attraction. Just as I wrote that sentence, Ducky burst into the room. She and Tim were out running errands, and I thought they’d be gone another twenty minutes.]
When I watch Ducky play, I am not thinking about anything except watching Ducky play. I don’t see the room around her. I don’t think about money. I don’t think about writing. I just focus on Ducky.
So I can do it.
Ducky knows how to do it too.
In the picture, Ducky is focused on a plastic practice golf ball. She has an overflowing basket of nice toys, but these little plastic balls totally delight her. She likes to throw them then pounce on them.
She likes to paw at them.
She likes to toss them and take whatever action is needed to go get them:
Ducky doesn’t care about anything else when she has one of these balls. It’s a focus on what’s right.
Today, someone who read my last blog post told me that she was like me, someone who wanted to be a writer but hadn’t been able to achieve her goals yet.
That comment took me aback. How did I manage to convey the idea that I wasn’t yet a writer?
I AM a writer. I’m a three-times published author. I’m an ex-newspaper columnist. I am most definitely already a successful writer.
Ah, but obviously, I don’t feel like one. My last post sure made it clear that I don’t feel like one.
So what is my attraction point? What am I lined up with? I’m lined up with not yet being a successful writer.
Enough of that. I’m going to be like Ducky. I’m zeroing in on what I already have.
And that’s the path of least resistance. That’s how we align with what we want.
