The lunch whistle blew at the construction site of a large skyscraper. Each of the workers took a seat on a girder and began to open their lunch boxes. As the new guy Mike opened his lunch box, a look of great disappointment appeared on his face and he exclaimed, “Oh no! Not peanut butter and jelly again! I HATE peanut and jelly!” Reluctantly, he ate his lunch and returned to work with the others.
The next day as the lunch whistle blew, the same exact scene repeated itself with Mike yelling, “Oh No! Not peanut butter and jelly again! I HATE peanut butter and jelly!” As the week progressed, this same scene was played out each day until finally on Friday, Pete, Mike’s supervisor said, “Jeez Mike! Why don’t you tell your wife to make you something else if you hate peanut butter and jelly so much?”
Mike looked at Pete with a look of bewilderment on his face and replied, “My wife? I’m not married! I make my own lunch every day!”
Most people reading this have now come to the conclusion that Mike is an idiot for complaining about getting the same thing in his lunch box every day since he is the one putting it in there. But let me ask you a question.
Is there some challenge in your life that seems to keep coming back? Maybe it’s something with your finances, your relationships or possibly even your health. Does something just keep coming back that makes you want to scream, “OH NO, NOT AGAIN?!”
Is it possible that there are certain choices you keep making that actually contribute to this thing’s return? Might you be engaging in some activity you know you shouldn’t be doing? Could you be eating or drinking something you know is more likely to hurt you than help you in the long run? Do you smoke or use drugs and medications on a regular basis? Do you stay up all hours of the night only to drag yourself out of bed in the morning and off to a job you can’t stand?
Maybe you don’t do anything really harmful, and yet you also consistently avoid things that you know will actually grow your health like exercising regularly, getting enough water, deep breathing, eating a diet high in fruits and veggies, spending time in meditation/prayer, getting adequate sleep, making sure your spine and nerve system are working properly so that everything else will as well, etc.
It is likely that each time this problem begins to appear, you get some help and make some changes so that you feel better. But then what happens once this thing has gone again? Do you go right back to your life the way it was and begin gradually creating it all over again?
EVERYTHING in life is a continual process of creation! You always have the choice of either creating what you want or what you don’t want. The trick in getting what you want is to CONSCIOUSLY create it! Get a clear idea of what you want and then TAKE ACTION STEPS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR VISION. Each and every time you make a decision ask yourself, “Which way will this ultimately lead me – toward growing a little, or toward dying a little?”
Of course, you don’t have to do this. You could keep on complaining about what you’ve made. But then don’t be surprised if people think you’re an idiot too. After all, there are lots of people that are just like Mike!
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