Home  Spirit/Ethics Everyone has the car I want!
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Everyone has the car I want! |
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By Travis Thomas
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You tend to see what you think about.
Think "Spirit" and be amazed.
Has that ever happened to you? As soon as you are interested in getting something like a new car...and you begin to shop around for the car you want...it seems that everyone on the road is driving that car.
What's my point?
Well, obviously not everyone is driving your car...but since you are thinking about it so much...you are conscious every time you see that car. Am I alone on this?
Didn't think so.
My point is...when you think about something so much...you begin to see it more and more in your life. So, instead of thinking about cars...what if you dedicated your thought to something a little higher up on the Spirit scale?
I have already blogged a few times about that leadership course I took a few weeks ago...and I am still putting a lot of the ideas to use. When I left the course...I committed to doing a few things every day (no matter what) for at least 100 days. I am almost 30 days into it...and I am still going strong. One of the things I committed to do was to pray specifically about a few things in my life. A couple of them are family...and the other one is career. So, every day, I set aside (or find) 40 minutes to pray about each of these things.
It hasn't always been easy to find the time. I even had to work it in everyday while being on a bachelor weekend with 5 guys celebrating a friend's future wedding. But, I guess that's why they call it a commitment.
Anyway...one of my favorite times to pray is when I am driving. For me, prayer is about taking my thought and consciousness to Spirit, to the Divine, to Love. So, it doesn't need to be an "eyes closed and head in my hands" experience...but it is still very focused and intentional. (If you like meditating....I wouldn't recommend the Lotus position while driving.)
The results have been awesome. I love listening to the radio...or the iPod...but it has made a huge difference using that time to pray about the important things in my life. I am sure it makes total sense...but it is amazing how alert I am to my own thought...not letting myself get sucked into negativity, fear, frustration, or doubt.
When my consciousness is tuned in to Spirit...I begin to see Spirit everywhere. I see it in my family, my work, and more importantly...I see it in the people I come into contact with. It's not as if it hasn't been there the whole time...I am just putting myself in a position where I can see it more easily and clearly.
So...that guy in the H2 that just caught me off while on his cell phone...hey...it's a lot easier to NOT react when coming from a place of prayer...instead of iPod.
I'll keep you posted!
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