Pivoting and Positive Aspects

Our friend, Esther, was walking across the grass, noticing how very dry it was in the heat of the summer. There had been what was termed by the television weatherman "a drought" - a " serious drought ? and Esther was noticing that the grass was brown and the ground was hard and cracked and the birdbath was empty every morning because the deer would come and drink the last drops from it. And so as she was pondering the direness of the situation, she stopped and looked upward, and in a very positive voice and with very positive words she said, "Abraham, I want some rain."

And we said, immediately, back to her, "Indeed, from this position of lack, you think you will get rain?"

"What am I doing wrong?" she asked.

And we said, "Why do you want the rain?"

"I want it because it refreshes the earth. I want it because it gives all of the creatures in the bushes water so they have enough to drink and so they are not dependent upon my birdbath. I want it because it makes the grass green and it feels good upon my skin and it makes us all feel better."

And we said, "Now you are attracting rain."

In that process, of taking her attention from what was wrong and asking for what she wanted, by asking her why she wanted it, she accomplished a pivot. She began thinking not only about WHAT she wanted, but WHY she wanted it, and in the process, SHE BEGAN TO FEEL BETTER.

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