In the midst of a seemingly impossible task, what's the intention sent out by my thoughts and emotions? How does that impact the challenge that lies before me and its resolution? Early one morning I looked down from my second story window and the opportunity to reflect on the answers to these questions appeared on the street below. A young woman was parallel parking...a skill she clearly had not yet mastered. Her initial attempts resulted in the car positioned almost perpendicular to the curb. From my perch above I sent positive thoughts and cheered her on but my passive "assistance" had little or no effect. She persevered but without changing her course of action and consequently each effort ended in failure until she pulled back into the street and turned the corner. Still in my pajamas, I quickly dressed with the intention of lending a more active form of support. If she returned, I would go down and offer a quick lesson in parallel parking. Dressed and back at the window, I saw that she had indeed returned. Applauding her tenacity, I hurried down to the street only to see that she had surrendered to failure and was driving away. As I wished her well, the car just in front of her intended parking space drove off leaving a huge space that would have guaranteed effortless success. A firm believer that many clues and opportunities to learn pass my way throughout each day, I stood there wondering why I had just witnessed this particular scene outside my literal and figurative window.
- When a daunting, not yet mastered task lies before me it's good to remember the wisdom of Henry Ford..."Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right."
- No matter how persistent, if I continue pursuing what does not work without changing my course of action, my efforts will end in failure.
- Assistance, guidance and support -- in both seen and unseen forms -- are available in infinite supply and the only requirements to receiving it are to believe, to trust, to ask (as much by the thoughts I think as by the words I speak) and to allow.
- It helps to remember that miraculous solutions often arrive in unexpected ways and in their own time...so be open to the how and when and don't give up.
May this be a day of eyes and heart wide open looking for and finding opportunities to receive assistance, guidance and support...and to be a source of giving it to others.
- When a daunting, not yet mastered task lies before me it's good to remember the wisdom of Henry Ford..."Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right."
- No matter how persistent, if I continue pursuing what does not work without changing my course of action, my efforts will end in failure.
- Assistance, guidance and support -- in both seen and unseen forms -- are available in infinite supply and the only requirements to receiving it are to believe, to trust, to ask (as much by the thoughts I think as by the words I speak) and to allow.
- It helps to remember that miraculous solutions often arrive in unexpected ways and in their own time...so be open to the how and when and don't give up.
May this be a day of eyes and heart wide open looking for and finding opportunities to receive assistance, guidance and support...and to be a source of giving it to others.