It is our culture's habit to tell the story of what we don't want.
"I don't want my friends blowing cigarette smoke in my personal space"
State what you do want.
"I want a home filled with friends who are stoked to dance around the kitchen with green juice every morning"
Excellent. Now re-write that into a positive, present tensed *goal*:
My friends and I are invigorated daily with loving energy, chlorophyll, singing, dancing & good tunes!!!
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"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride."
that's an expression my Dad always said. his Grandad said it to him. other repetitive favorites from my childhood include:
whenever I asked "where are you going?": "overseas in a rowboat."
whenever i asked "whats that?": "it's cat fur to make kittens britches."
the answer you get if you say "where's Mom?" "she went bad so we shot her."
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"what are you writing about today?" asks my friend
"I started it yesterday. It's about the word need"
"what?" he says
"Um. *Need*. What does it mean? What do we really *need*?..."
"What!?!"
"i dunno, I'm not good at talking my thoughts, dude."
Yesterday I got the flu, and had this crazy bruise from slipping on a rock in the forest. I had the can't-get-warmsies and the way-too-hot at the same time. my shoulder really hurt and my stomach hurt and my head was pounding and and girl stuff. I had just read this amazing post about Sparky not complaining, and I like to think of myself as a non-complainer, more or less. I couldn't really see straight to write, so I asked myself, "what is this about? like, feeling as though I've been beaten with a stick. why am I feeling this way? The answer I intuited is "because you are constantly trying to do a million things." so I decided to chill out and spend the day in bed. it was amazing.
Need.
How often do we say we need something and get so fixated and obsessed on that thing. Why?
My thoughts on this topic are actually amalgamated from Steve Pavlina's thoughts & other nifty ideas I've heard over the years.
How To Release Neediness
How To Meet Your Needs Without Being Needy
Exploring Without Neediness
A quote from a recent Perkolator: (It's like the "Coffee News")
"Without morality there can be no leadership. Your ethics (honesty, integrity, loyalty and morals) are the qualities that will attract people to you. No one will follow an immoral person for long before realizing they are on the wrong path. This is where the Law of Attraction comes into play; you will attract to you what you ARE, not what you want"
And finally, something Lou said to me, once upon a time when I was trying to manifest a new tenant:
"I want someone like Sara, only..."
"Don't base a new character you're try to manifest off of an old character you already know. Just invent a brand new character with all of the qualities you're seeking" said Lou.
Imagination was such a difficult concept for me back then.
A decade later I think my imagination has grown back.
"Why invent another Sara? You already have a Sara. You want a million friends all photocopies of Sara? That doesn't even make sense."
I have so much confidence I could create a big house full of happy, healthy dancers in Guelph again, but the same idea in Collingwood seems such a stretch. That almost makes it exciting. but it sometimes makes it seem like a red flag. I don't know what's real. There's a certain element to the "Law of Attraction" that really involves belief, but there is another element that requires the believer to correctly observe reality. Am I observing my reality correctly? Is life or fate beckoning me someway else?
What I really like is how happy I feel about any outcome. I already have everything I need, so wherever we go from here will be chosen because it feels so right.
