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"Most things go well for most people and stuff that goes wrong is insignificant in proportion to all the things that go right. Millions of things have functioned productively for you today, but you have been trained to notice the few things that don't and build your experience around them. Any problem you recognize [usually] represents a tiny blip on the radar screen of your well-being." Alan Cohen "Why Your Life Sucks" (2002)
Scary? For a lot of people. "But, I DO need stuff. How could I lie to God by saying I don't need anything?" You couldn't. And I am not suggesting that you say this prayer just to prove a point. I am suggesting that you make a mental and emotional change in your perspective about what it is you actually need, and what you actually have in your life. If you counted your blessings, I would bet you'd find that it isn't necessary to seek anything from God. Besides, God has already given you everything you need. No? Let's see. . . In New Thought, we teach that the universe is an abundant, rich, and marvelous place, full of all kinds of experiences. We can choose to see our personal experiences as good or bad, but in the view of the universe, they are simply experiences. When we change our mind about the experience, the experience changes. Remember: desperation produces little. And often, when we beseech God, we come to Him/Her/It in a state of nervous tension. We are fearful for our children. We are on the verge of financial ruin. We just got a negative health report. We just heard of a death in the family. Our mortgage is being called. The last can of soup is about to be opened. The dog has rabies. The cat is pregnant. Insert your desperation here. Most of our daily challenges are not at the extreme level as those I have just listed. Often, our biggest need, complaint, desire, demand is a new dress, a DVD player, a raise-you know, mundane stuff. And we let them turn our hair gray. I'm not making light of our challenges. I have plenty. And I used to come to God on my knees, sometimes in tears, almost demanding an answer to my prayer, my need. The answers were, more often than not, slow in coming.
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