a choice, a conscious choice you make. Countless times a day, your
brain takes in information regarding every encounter and you decide
exactly what to make of it. To make these decisions you rely
heavily on past experience, likes and dislikes, and feelings. And,
if you're like almost everyone else, you place a mental label on
every person and situation you encounter. It is that label that
helps form your perception of and reaction to every person, place
and thing in your life.
I am asking you, not to stop the labeling
process completely, but to limit yourself to one mental label for
every person, situation and thing. The label will always be the
same: GOOD. No matter who you meet or interact with, no matter what
circumstances and situations arise in your life, no matter where
you go or what you see; for the next 30 days, I want you to label
it good.
That can be a tall order, I know. We get pretty set in our way of
looking at things, and to be told we need to change and look at
everything the same way is a large pill to swallow. And if you've
been relying heavily on your own perceptions, the idea of letting
them go can even be unsettling.
Right now I'd like you to spend the next few minutes
looking around the room you are in. Realize that nothing in this
room is exactly as you have always perceived it to be. Pick out
five or six items in the room, preferably items you care little
about or those about which you've formed no opinion at all. Now
look at the item and say, "This is good." Don't spend much with
any one item. Just call it good and move on to the next, spending
no more than 30 or 40 seconds for the entire exercise. But make
certain that you pick several items and that with each one, you
call it good.
Once you've finished, sit back for a moment and think about being
surrounded by all this goodness. Realizing for the first time that
everything around you is good, can be a delicious experience if you
allow it to be. Contemplate this idea of living in this limitless
sea of goodness and then write down whatever thoughts pop in your
head in your new Blessing Way Journal.
Just play with the idea. Have fun with it. Laugh. Sing.
Dance. Let your spirit soar and the joy within your being free.
This is how you celebrate goodness. And you have so much goodness
to celebrate. You are surrounded by it.
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