Are “Dead Wood Thoughts” Standing Between You And What You Want?
At the end of May, thanks to some serious misalignment, the law of attraction brought to us an uprooted, leaning tree. The “facts” are that a freak wind storm broke off the top of one tree, and that treetop fell into a second, dead tree, knocking it partially over. Surrounding trees caught the dead tree and kept it from going all the way over, but its position was precarious.
The day after the wind storm, we got an estimate for removing the tree. The cost would be $850 … which might as well have been $850,000. We didn’t have the money, and we still don’t.
If you’ve been following this blog for awhile, you know that a couple months ago, my “what is” situation was a turmoil. I’d just gotten sued over debt. I had no idea how I was going to pay my bills. We were in danger of losing our house. Blah, blah, blah. The bottom line is that my mind was full of “dead wood thoughts.”
What are dead wood thoughts? They’re “how” thoughts.
How Thoughts Block Happy Thoughts
You know you’ve thought yourself into a tangle of dead wood when you’re continually mulling over how you’re going to make something happen or how you’re going to get something. Back in May, my brain was stuffed with how thoughts—how am I going to handle this law suit, how will I pay for the tree, how will we pay our bills, etc.
As long as those how thoughts were in my head, I couldn’t get a clear stream of happy thoughts going. Oh, I’d manage one or two or three, but I couldn’t get a flow of good feelings going.
Finally, though, I saw what I was doing, and I forgot about the how. I stopped trying to figure things out. In fact, for awhile, I stopped thinking as much as possible. I didn’t try to visualize what I wanted or talk about what I wanted. All I did was watch my dog, Ducky, as much as possible, and I read and I napped and I did whatever I felt moved to do.
To use Abraham-Hicks language, I let go of the oars. I just let my boat turn with the flow of the stream and I enjoyed the ride. I got in the Vortex.
And the tree? It kept leaning.
Falling Into Place
So over the last month, my vision of the life I desire has gotten stronger and stronger. Law of attraction has brought to me an amazing amount of information about houses, cars, and other goodies that I want. I keep seeing the Toyota 4 x 4 extra cab, long bed truck I want. I keep stumbling over things that help me clarify my desires about the trips Tim and I want to take.
And as for the money? Have I thought about that? As little as possible.
The “what is” is that we’ve filed for bankruptcy and because of that, the creditor calls have stopped. The amount of money we need each month is 2/3 of what it was 2 months ago. Tim is working in 2 jobs, which he got very quickly after his temporary job with the Census ended. Each week brings some new development that gets us closer to the financial stability we desire.
I’ve cleared so much of the dead wood in my thoughts that I’m experiencing more calm than I have in years. I can’t say that I’m in exhilarated expectation yet, but I’m okay with calm for the moment.
Calm is working rather well for me in fact.
Last week, my mother told me she thought we should take down the tree before the fall storms come and so she and my step-dad would lend us the money to have it done. Well, that sounded good to me. And from my place of calm, I thought getting another quote wouldn’t be a bad idea.
Tim made one phone call that led to a guy that led to another guy who came out today. This new guy looked at the tree and said, “Interesting. Quite a tight spot.” This is what all the other guys had said about why it would cost so much to remove.
I remained calm, just waiting for him to give me an estimate. I had $500 or better in my head. But when he said, “We can do it for $200,” I was tempted to hug him. When he said, “We’ll get started right now,” I might have levitated a bit.
I called my mom and asked if she could get me $200 cash within a half hour. Thrilled to be lending us $200 instead of $850, she said she’d go to the bank. Five minutes later, she called and said that my dad had been “hiding” money, and he had $200 in a drawer and they were bringing it down. Five minutes after that, I’m not kidding, the tree was down and all the wood was stacked in a depression hidden behind brush in our yard so you can’t see it. It looks like the tree was never there. I’ve never seen a tree fallen and cut up so fast in my life.
See how slick that works? Remove dead wood thoughts and get physical dead wood down easily.
The law of attraction can bring easy solutions to every situation. In fact, it can bring easy situations that never require solutions because there are no problems to solve. But the law of attraction can’t bring this sort of fall-into-place ease if we’re doing the mental equivalent of flailing our arms about. The harder we try to figure out how to do something, the farther we get from alignment with that something.
It is not our job to figure out how. That’s up to the universe.
It’s our job to desire and allow. When you let go of figuring it out, you relax into a place of calm, a place of ease … a place where dead trees disappear in the blink of an eye.
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Tags: Abraham, Abraham-Hicks, Alignment, calm, Law of Attraction, let go of the oars, The Vortex
August 6th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
Oh my heavens, what a wondrous development with the exit of the tree for $200!
It’s so beautiful, the way you’ve let go of many of the “cursed how’s,” as Mike Dooley calls them, and you’re seeing some nifty results!
My granddaughter lost her beloved purse a couple of nights ago. We retraced our route, inquired at a store, looked all through the house, and then I said, “Uni (Universe), work your magic.”
It occurred to me then that I could ask for another purse from the company that had sent it to me as a free gift as a result of re-subscribing to a magazine. So we were really feeling fine about it.
Then, the purse turned up in the corner of her bedroom this morning — where we thought we’d already looked repeatedly.
This feel-good, positive focus stuff works on everything from small purses to giant trees. Aren’t we glad we know what we know.
August 6th, 2010 at 12:50 pm
Karen, your purse story is a perfect example of what happens when you relax and let go. Yes, this feel-good focus stuff does work, and it’s fun to get better and better at doing it.
August 6th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Ande – Excellent news about the tree! Wow that really worked out for you by just letting it all happen naturally I guess. I was quite pleased for you when I read this post this morning. Way to go!
Additionally, it is now Aug. & you guys are still hanging in there way past when you thought you wouldn’t be able to because of money. Those positive thoughts & all that are really working. Keep it up.
August 6th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Thanks, Mel! Yes, and I think if I’d been better at those positive thoughts, we’d be doing more than hanging in.
I’m working on that. How are things with you?
August 7th, 2010 at 7:08 am
Whoo-hoo! That’s awesome. I had a similar experience this week myself. Coming up on my 1 year “funemployment” anniversary, I was beginning to wonder if I really was unemployable. I’d been to so many interviews and tried to fit myself into so many molds of what I thought was expected of me to land this or that job, I was exhausted from all the rowing upstream. Finally last week I decided to just relax and try to imagine the perfect job situation – not the perfect job – that would work for me right now. I came up with part-time work for basically full time pay in a similar industry but with enough new to learn to keep me interested. It seemed ridiculous, given the job market right now. But low and behold, Thursday of this week I went on an interview for exactly that kind of job – I loved the people and they loved me, just the way I am – not trying to be some ideal candidate version of myself. Friday they called and offered me the job and I start Monday.
Letting go of the oars really is the key to getting the flow back into your life – it’s sometimes the simplest and hardest thing to do, but the results speak for themselves. Congrats on your tree and all the other momentum you have building!
Laura
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August 11th, 2010 at 1:41 pm
Great story, Laura! Congratulations on the job!
February 8th, 2011 at 11:12 am
That is the perfect name. “dead wood thoughts” are what I having for years now. It has been a scary roller coaster ride of how am I going to pay this, to good I am working enough to pay this or that bill. This has gotten to a point that I have aged so much from the worrry. Well my 50th birthday was at the end of january and I decided that it was time for me to take care of myself. I thought you can’t pay the bills if your dead. So I just let go of the thoughts about the bills. The day that I really let go of those thoughts I happened to make a comment to myself regarding the parking fee at work. Before I was leaving for work I remembered I needed to get money for parking. As I was looking through my wallet to see if their was any money in my purse I mumbled ” I need money for parking.” I thought I had no money in my wallet but there was enough in my wallet. Then here is the real power of the law of attraction. I never get tips where I work. (not that type of job) Well I had 3 different people tip me that night and it added up to the amount I needed for the parking. So I ended up with parking money for the next day I worked.
February 8th, 2011 at 10:55 pm
Thanks so much for sharing this story, Carol!! Oh, how I’ve been there and done that with those thoughts, and it feels so good to let them go, doesn’t it? I’m very excited for you!! Just to let you know, I’m now writing at http://upfromsplat.com if you’d like to check my new site out–more law of attraction info and other goodies to create feel good and creating thoughts.
I appreciate your comment!