An exercise to do NOW
I’ve got a great exercise for you today.
Like many things in life, I discovered it by chance. But Linda, there’s no such thing as chance, you may ask! No doubt not. HAHAHA!
I invite you to do this wonderful exercise NOW.
Here. Right now. Without a second thought. You’ll see why. It’s simple, but it speaks volumes.
Take a sheet of paper and make a small black dot in the middle.
Have you done it? Stop reading and DO IT.
Here we are.
Now describe what you see.
Take 3 minutes to describe what you see. Don’t cheat! Stop reading and DO IT!!! FOR REAL! On any piece of paper, but DO IT! Otherwise, look at the photo and describe what you see! HAHAHA!
Then…
Look at what you’ve written.
Are you talking about the blackhead? Its size, its position on the sheet? Its dark color?
or…
Are you talking about the whole white part of the sheet?
What’s happening
The little blackhead is like the worries, the health problems, the financial worries, the whole shebang that preoccupies us in life.
Think about it for a moment.
The blackheads are very small when compared with all the OTHER things in our lives. Yet they are what pollute our lives.
Then what?
Take your eyes off the black spots in your life and realize how much you have. Enjoy every satisfaction, every positive moment that life gives you.
See the abundance around you… and ENJOY MORE! You’ll live happier.
My own experience
I suggested this exercise to my newsletter subscribers in an e-mail sent out a few days ago. This morning, as I was talking to a friend who was sharing her thoughts on a subject that was on our minds, I had a revelation!
I was focusing on the black spot! On what wasn’t working, what was bothering me, what was missing! And I didn’t see everything else that was blossoming in my life!
Crazy!!!
Realizing this immediately led me to LOOK and THANK for everything else.
In doing so, guess what happened?
YES! The “black spot” lost importance in my eyes because the rest was dazzling!
Really. Great exercise!
Have you done it?
Tell me… if you too will have revelations like mine! HAHAHA!
Laughter, joy and health
Linda