How many of us have heard this? How many of us believe this? Now...how many of us live by this?
This idea came charging back to me as we had a little mishap with backing the car off the tow dolly and ripped some plastic thingy almost off. It was practically dragging the ground, so I didn't want to backup - lest it get caught on something. On our hunt for a birthday lunch spot, we pulled in next to an Auto Clinic and thought we'd have'm take a look. I turned to Mom and said, "Don't worry, it'll just take a couple of screws and $5." They put it on the lift and had a look....took a mallet of sorts and started pounding on something...got a small box of something and snapped a few things in...all for - you guessed it, $5!
As someone who is attempting to live by (and continue to learn about) Law of Attraction, the way I tend to think of this is more along the lines of "thoughts become things"...generally meaning that my outlook and expectations impact outcomes. This philosophy, or concept, was instilled in my long ago when my parents were going through the d-word and as the eldest child I was in full swing of trying to care for everyone and everything (amidst the hormones of the early teen years). My mom exposed me to the Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale. I seriously doubt that I read it, as I was rebelling against any required reading from the parental units, but remember very clearly discussing the power of the subconscious mind.
Ahhhh, the power of the subconscious mind. How many of us have heard of this? How many of us believe in this? Now...how many of us live by this? Yeah, I know. There are so many things we should do, follow, abide by, etc...that I find it hard to keep it all straight. The beauty for me, though, was the exposure at an early age. The idea that our subconscious doesn't judge right from wrong, truth from lies, or the possible from the impossible was a powerful idea to me. It was a way to influence things I didn't think I had control over, a way to look beyond the present and look forward to the future. It was how I dealt with things during that turbulent time and it absolutely became part of my core beliefs. Without a doubt, it has played a part in my life every since and only in the last few years have I found a name for the spiritual sense that goes along with it. (Abraham-Hicks opened my eyes to the Laws of Attraction, Deliberate Creation, and Allowing.)
So today's $5 event was a reminder to me that we make choices all the time with the thoughts we entertain. I could've been a nervous nelly and worried that it was going to be a few hundred dollars and take a few days, but that's not my style. Instead, I decided it wasn't serious and figured we'd bump into a solution soon enough (even if it involved duck tape). My thoughts were "this isn't a big deal" and "we'll find someone to pop a few screws in and be done with it". Needless to say, Mom was on the same page with me remarking when we went to the campground office today "I'll hang out here in case I see a young man to ask about a good local mechanic so that he can tell me he'll take care of it on the spot."
Yeah, we asked and we received. Thank you Universe!
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