Do you see what I see? At times you probably do and at others you may have a totally different view of the world.
I remember walking down the street and seeing a homeless man asking for money. I noticed that he was surrounded by a pile of pennies and nickels. “Look at the money at your feet” I said to him. “Ugh, these are only pennies. They are worthless, he responded with disgust”.
Yes, in the scheme of things, it was not enough for him, yet the Universe was surrounding him with money, and he refused to take it. Most of you know, that whenever I see a penny or any coin on the street, I pick it up and give thanks for the abundance the Universe is sending me no matter how large or small.
When I find a coin I think abundance. When he finds a coin he sees lack.
In order to change our habitual behavior it is important to become aware of why we do what we do and why we think what we think. Instead of going on automatic, we require a new awareness of what is possible.
I am reminded of this story of a young woman who loved her mother’s pot roast and asked her for the recipe. Her mother handed her a notecard with the recipe on it. “Why do you cut both ends off the roast before it is prepared and put in the pan?” the woman asked. Her mother replied, “I don’t know. I cut the ends off because I learned this recipe from my mom and that was the way she had always done it.”
The young woman was really curious so she decided to reach out to her Grandmother to find out more. “Grandma, when we make the pot roast, why do we cut off and discard the ends before we set it in the pan and season it?” The grandmother thought for a while, since it had been years since she made the roast herself, and then replied, “I cut them off because the roast was always bigger than the pan I had back then. I had to cut the ends off to make it fit.”
It is time to look at what we are doing and question the rationality behind our thoughts and actions.
I recommend that we stay open to receiving new insights into our habitual way of thinking. This takes living with awareness. Be like a tourist in your own town looking at things with fresh eyes.
To Jumpstart your old habitual behaviors and open your intuition and creativity, join me tonight for a fun interactive workshop on Zoom!
Next week as the veils between the worlds thin, I will be sharing rituals around the holidays of Halloween, Samhain, and Day of the Dead.
Until next time,
Barbara