What do you choose to believe?
While watching several of the reports on television during the miraculous rescue of 33 miners in Chile I was taken back by their negative content even in the face of such success.
When there were only six or so miners left to bring up, one station began listing all the things that could possibly STILL go wrong with the rescue. The miners could panic, a rock could fall and close the opening, the capsule could become damaged… They were going to list more, but I turned off the report, disgusted with the negative lean of the media. I was angry at the message coming from my television and refused to be part of it. I chose to focus on the victories so far and believe for continued success.
A couple of hours later I was curious to find out if all the miners had escaped and I turned on a different channel. All 33 had been recovered, yet instead of shouting the tremendously good news in excitement, the newsman was stating that there were remaining rescue workers who had assisted the miners down in the hole and they might still be in danger.
Soon afterward I heard that all the rescue workers also came up unharmed at the end of the evening. The entire mission was an amazing success. Everything went perfectly. The miners were recovered in less the then half the time predicted.
That experience reminded me not only of the negative nature of the media but also of the negative nature of people in general.
Why am I writing about this? For two reasons.
- To urge you to focus on the good and believe for the best outcome in any situation
- As a reminder that the media thrives on bad news and catastrophe.
The entire ordeal with these miners lasted 69 days. They were down there alive longer than any miners in history. Their families prayed, hoped and believed for over two months that they would be recovered safely.
We will never experience what those miners did. They were assumed dead for the first 17 days after the cave in. They were in darkness, temperatures of 90 degrees, away from their loved ones. But they did not give up, they were alive and determined to let the world know.
I watched as the oldest of the miners came up and knelt down immediately giving thanks. Later when he was interviewed by a reporter he said that the entire time he was down there he BELIEVED he would come back up.
HE BELIEVED
Those words struck me. A man who is entombed 2000 feet underground believes he will be lifted from the darkness.
If only we could believe the way that miner did.
If only we could take anything going on in our lives and believe for the best outcome.
We can. It’s only a matter of shifting our thinking from believing the worst possible scenario, to believing the best possible outcome.
How do we do that?
By changing one thought for another. Whatever negative thought come to our mind can be replaced by a positive one.
For example: I have too many bills and not enough money.
These steps will change this thinking
- Change that thought to “I have enough finances to cover my expenses with money left over.” That creates your desire
- Begin to give thanks for every good thing that comes into your life.
The more gratitude you have in life, the more things to be grateful for will come to you.
- Imagine yourself having the financial abundance you desire. Visualize what your life will be like. Where will you go? What will you do? Who will be with you? How will you help others?
- FEEL yourself having the financial abundance. What does it feel like?
Will you have a big smile on your face? Will you feel more peaceful, energetic, joyful?
- Take some quiet time every day to visualize your abundance, then write down any ideas that come to mind for creating abundance right now. It might be consolidating debt, getting more education, starting a new business, creating a budget, getting professional help.
- Instead of focusing on not having money, focus on how it feels to have more than enough..
- Stop watching or reading news reports that tell us how bad the economy These reports do affect your ability to create abundance.
- Speak abundance wherever you go. Don’t speak about lack of money or finances.
- Be generous. Giving creates more abundance in our lives.
- Be open to receiving. Sometimes we block abundance from coming into our lives because we refuse to receive what others want to give us.
These steps will work on any area of your life. If you have thoughts like:
“I’m always fighting with my husband”
“I hate my job”
“My sales have gone down.”,
“I don’t have any friends”
“I’m never going to find someone to share my life with.”
Each of these can be turned around using the steps above. I challenge you to try.
I will never forget the ordeal those miners went through. I gave thanks for their safety. Now I’ll list all the wonderful blessings in my life and encourage you to do the same.
Let me suggest the first thing on our lists:
“I’m grateful for clean air to breathe and the sun on my face.”
Mari Mitchell
Certified Life Coach
http://preparingapathtolove.com/
