I awoke this morning knowing I need to upgrade my attitude, to turn my thoughts away from the bullets I seem to be receiving and realize them for the daisies they are...if I choose them to be.
I have experienced pure peace...we experience peace whenever we choose to, actually. It is our thoughts that keep us from living there. It becomes reasonably easy after awhile to train the mouth to stay shut, to keep the eyeballs stationery as opposed to rolling in contempt at his remark or her idea or them in general.
The thoughts, though, are a different witch to burn. They are ever on, and if, at the moment, there is no him/her/them to focus on not rolling our eyes at, our thoughts can and will attack inside. Spiritual growth is not the only inside job...self destruction is, too.
When we allow our thoughts to go to that place of either 100% well or 100% not, we allow our poor, pitiful, put-upon-me victim to slash, lash and burn us at will...we have invited our victim to be the god of our own understanding. It will never say no to that invite.
Just acknowledging that process has quieted my inner churning. There. I have done my part in upgrading my attitude...by reminding me I'm still crazy after all these years and that's close enough to perfect for me. For now.
Thank you.
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