Ok,

Now that I got your attention here's a tidbit to ponder on.

What I'm really saying is that all the stories that we tell ourselves about why we can't, be, do, have are lies we have learned to believe in. They are stories that we create and have complete faith in. They are illusions that we are willing to sacrifice our Joy for.

These illusions are created from facts that mean nothing. We see the facts and then create a story from it.

For example, The fact may be that you have 10.00 dollars left in your bank account. That's a fact. I'm not saying truth here. Just a physical fact. The number that shows up on the paper or screen.

Now at this point you have the option of creating a story about it or think nothing of it.

Unfortunetly, most of us will create a really huge, never ending, extemely creative story around that one fact. Everything from we are failures, to nobody loves me, my children will hate me, I won't survive, on and on and on and on it goes. The story usually doesn't even make sense.

We then take actions that further support these beliefs. We strengthen the lies and the Drama.

Now if you remove the story from the fact and just look at the fact, you'll see just 10 dollars in the bank account without any story. You then go on with your happy life naturally thinking abundant thoughts.

Wish it was that simple, but it can be. Just something to think about.

One more example, something personal to my life which I have shared here before. Both my father and mother were alcoholics. That was fact. I could have created a whole story about how they didn't love us, how evil they were, how unlucky I was to have two parents as drunks, no body will ever love me, or I'm failure because of this or I will never meet anyone, or how ugly I am or I should drink and do drugs because of them, etc, etc, etc, etc.

Fortunetely, without even thinking about it, as a kids I never created a huge story around that(maybe a small one.) In fact, I was able to appreciate and bless my parents unconditionally. I never had to forgive them. I never condemned them for their actions.

When we remove the story and the lies from the facts we learn to see things as they are. Nothing.!! Now that's a scary thought I'm being funny here.

What we really see is the truth that lies underneath. For me that is the never changing truth of who we are. love, peace, Joy, abudance, unlimited, and more.

Just some things to ponder,

With lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of Appreciation from the Heart,

Richard De Haven

Wonderful Richard. Thanks for these thoughts.

Julia: I love it - High Tide / Low Tide!!! Like you, I am grateful to life in an area of our country where we can get to the ocean rather easily. Going to the beach will never be the same!

Hi Richard,
You raise an excellent point. I had to learn to completely change my story, that is to say, reword it in a much more positive way to more accurately reflect who I really am. Unlike you,I had to do a lot of forgiveness work around my father, who was a violent alcoholic. I now see him as one of my greatest teachers, and I am grateful for the experience of being raised in the home that I was. So instead of talking about how horrible and sad my past childhood was and why I couldn't "make it" in life and was so depressed, I now talk about what an empowering experience that my childhood was, and how it has helped benefit my life today to allow me live my dream.
Same facts, different take.

So now when I have $10.00 in the bank, I used to think "aaack, I'm so broke" whereas now I think "Cool, a void to fill, must mean that more $$ is on its way." I like to call it "low tide" with the idea being that high tide/$$ is coming in.

Love and Light,thanks for the post.
Julia