Want a New Reality? Choose it!

Some days are made for reflection... some days are so hectic the only reflection going on is yours in the mirror as you rush off to the next event... some days are somewhere in between hectic enough to make you tired but their very nature is such that you can't help be reflect. Today was one of those days.

As I reflect on the day I think blessings sometimes don't seem like blessings. You think you understand what it is all about, but then life surprises you. Oftentimes when I look at the opposite end of the same event I am surprised by what I find. Like today, I was speaking with some people at work about issues that might make you sad. I pointed out how lucky I am to find the bright spot in an otherwise "not so bright" event. These good-intentioned people couldn't help but needle me and poke at me until they found the soreness below the surface and tried to make that my point of focus. The opposite of that event is me choosing my point of focus! I CHOOSE MY THOUGHTS... not people who are doom-say-ers or (what I like to call) awful-izers. I get to pick my point of attraction.

You, too. We all do. We pick where we focus our energy. For me, in the face of difficult situations I like to look at the strength I have to find the best and make it bigger and better. This is just making it easier for me.

I have been through some tough times - I know what they are and I know what they feel like - "not tough times" are better. So in the face of adversity I look for less adversity and make that my focus. Why not? What makes reality so great?

Since when do you "have to face reality"? Ever experience the same event with three different people and discover three different explanations of what happened? Alternate realities occurring at exactly the same time! So I choose to believe it is my point of focus. I pick my reality... even if it is just a few minutes at a time.

This is the blanket I choose to wrap up in tonight. What about you? Looking for a new reality?