A TRUE STORY:  

It’s the middle of summer here in Queensland and we sure have had a humidity that is enough to knock an elephant off its feet.  Earlier in the summer I had thought about buying a season pass for the local community swimming pool, but had in the next breath thought no we can’t really afford that. I should have realized what I was putting into motion with those thoughts. It was Saturday morning when the temperatures once again soared to the high thirties I phoned my sister and asked if she would mind us all coming over to sit in her pool.  Of course the mandatory, “have you put on your sun screen?” questions were asked of my little boy, and off we set.  

The following day ~ Sunday began just like Saturday, and we all shuffled from one area of the house to another into the back yard and back again looking for some reprieve from the oppressive intense heat, when I finally gave up trying to find a cool spot and began working on the computer determined to ignore my frustrations and the stifling heat and get my mind on something more constructive.   I had been writing for about an hour or so, when my son decided he was determined to get my attention away from the computer.  First he started complaining that his shoulder hurt when he scrunched his shoulders backward or reached over his head in a strange way.  Firstly I was a little annoyed as I had been trying to get the darn computer program do something it just didn't seem to want to do, and it was taking the whole of my attention and I didn't want to be disturbed.  However here beside me was a forlorn looking little face, wriggling his shoulders saying, but it hurts when I do this……

The penny dropped, and I began to laugh, “Well J, then don’t do that, it’s that simple.” J looked at me stunned, scratched his head and then went on to protest, “but my shoulders hurt when I do it,” I calmly repeated, “well don’t do it then,” He looked into my eyes and began to smile, you see it was just his sunburn that was causing his discomfort and he knew it was his responsibility to put his sun screen on the day before.  But the  big EUREKA for me was that I didn’t really want to be working on the computer, and no wonder the program was acting up, it was the absolute manifestation of my frustration my energy was off because I was so busy just trying to do something, anything to get my mind off of the heat.  I did not listen to my joy; if I had I thought ~ right now I would be sitting in a swimming pool cooling off instead of soldiering on and slogging away at the computer.  

Life’s like that!Often in life we ignore the warning signs, we get jittery, we become reflective, we get frustrated, we know things aren’t right, yet we still keep pushing ourselves, we moan and groan and keep complaining, and then the next day or the day after, were full of still more complaints and frustrations.  Sometimes we turn to a friend or relative asking advice, wanting someone else to fix the mess we have gotten ourselves into.  Then we wonder why the universe sees fit to keep giving us more of the same ~ like attracts like.   The moment we stop feeling good about something is the time to listen to our intuition and in doing so set our minds to find what we like about that situation and keep the energy moving in a positive way or stop doing it ~ and its that simple.  Like attracts like, and it is a fact of life however that sometimes we must do things and jobs that aren’t particularly exciting or fulfilling, but if we can do these jobs with the right attitude and energy then we will surely attract to us something that will be more in harmony with what we want. 

The obstacles to us attracting good experiences are caused through complaining and being angry about our situation.  If you want something to stop being in your life, to stop being apart of your experience then you must focus on what you do want and back that up by the emotional energy of positive thought towards the very thing you want to experience.  

When the answer is simple, if you know that continually ignoring your intuition and complaining and getting depressed and frustrated is going to cause you grief, don’t do it   And that means One of the most profound truths I have learnt this life time is TRUTH has a way of rising to the surface, if you lie, someone will find out, if you cheat, someone will find out, if you try to manipulate others, someone will find out, so if you don’t do anything that goes against common sense, your moral values and principles, then – your more likely to sleep soundly at night and don’t live your life dealing with the pain of yesterdays regrets!   

Think only of good thoughts, fill your life to the brim with positive images of what you want to experience and how you want to feel about those experiences and the universe will be only too happy to deliver.  Change  you mind and change your world!