Notice What You Notice

By On March 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment

For your consideration…….

We live and act upon our perspectives, how we view things and how they make us feel. Today we are asked to “notice” how that is going for us. Is everything humming along as we expect or do we seem to be encountering roadblocks?

Today we are being reminded of a tool we have in our life tool box. We all have the ability to take a step back and “notice.” When we feel roadblocks, or maybe we just feel stuck, or things are not turning out as we planned, take a step back and “notice.”

How are we seeing things? Where is our perspective coming from? What is our perception.

The truth is “subtle” differences can produce very very different results. Do we look at something and see it as “hard” or “challenging?” Can you feel how much HOPEful the word challenging is? Do we look at something and think, “I don’t know how I’m going to do this.” Or do we think, “How am I going to do this?” Do we feel like we can? Or do we feel like we can’t? Do we feel dread or HOPE? Are we frowning or smiling?

If we want to alter our perspective, if we want to change things up, we need notice what we are noticing. That is where we can make our course correction. We have control. We always have control.

That is the HOPE. And so it is.

Open Up Your Heart 

(And Let The Sunshine In)

by Stevie Wonder

Open up your heart and let the sunshine in

My mother told me something that everyone should know
It’s all about the devil and I learned to hate him so
She said he causes trouble when you let him in the room
He will never ever leave you if your heart is filled with gloom

So let the sunshine in face it with a grin smilers never lose and frowners never win
So let the sunshine in face it with a grin open up your heart and let the sunshine in

When you are unhappy the devil wears a grin
But oh! he starts to running when the light comes pouring in
I know he’ll be unhappy ‘cos I’ll never wear a frown
Maybe if we keep on smiling he’ll get tired of hanging round

So let the sunshine in…

If I forget to say my prayers the devil jumps with glee
But oh! he feels so awful when he sees me on my knee
So if you’re full of trouble and you never seem to win
Just open up your heart and let the sunshine in

So let the sunshine in…

Bit by bit, piece by piece HOPE by HOPE action steps anyone can take……

-Meditate/pray….ask….”What is my next step for my highest good and the highest good of all?”

-Drink lots of water.

-Get outdoors and take in at least 10 deep breaths.

-Notice…..HOPEfully that is a smile on your face. HOPEfully you are feel HOPEful and like you can do anything.

What made me smile yesterday……

-An awesome….awesome…..5th grade class. As soon as this message came in, I thought of them.

-Finally, Alex got Lori’s and Rachel’s boxes. She was very happy. She feels the love.

-More sunshine…..oh, stay with me stay…..

-Good things.

Love, Blessings and Gratitude,

Rev. Chris

 

 
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