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Finding New Ways to Give Thanks
On Monday, November 5th, my husband Dave and I were enjoying a 24-hour
vacation. I'd just spent the weekend teaching and coaching at the
Liturgical Harp Retreat in the mountains of northern Georgia, and we'd
decided to stay on an extra day to enjoy some hiking. While we were
hiking, my mom called (forgot to turn off that cell phone!) and told
us that one of the bathrooms in our house had flooded, and half of our
house had gotten water damage, including our office.
The damage wasn't bad - mostly it would just mean half-a-house-full of
new carpet. But for over a week, our house had plastic draped in it,
and loud fans blowing, trying to dry everything out. I don't care for
loud noises, but was committed to seeing how I could 'reframe' this
event to be grateful for it.
The first, and easy one, was that I would get new carpet for almost no
money. OK, that's great, but I wasn't about to stop there. After
all, this was inconvenient and stressful (at the time I write this,
new carpet and the return of furniture to its rightful rooms is at
least two weeks away). I wanted to make sure that I got every bit of
'good stuff' out of this!
I noticed that the unaffected rooms had a couple of small piles of
clutter in them, and since I could do nothing in the water-logged
rooms, I cleaned those up. I noticed how much more peaceful I felt in
a room that was complete, rather than one that had even a small mess. I'm grateful for this realization - I never knew before the psychic
load that I was carrying from small piles of clutter. It feels easier
to breathe in those rooms now. I also realized that this is a
metaphor for parts of my life in which I have 'a bit of cleanup' to
do, and now I can lighten my emotional energy needs in those ways too!
This is feeling pretty good - I'm getting pretty grateful for this
event.
I also knew, almost from hearing about the damage, that I had needed
to clean out the office, physically and energetically. It wasn't
nearly as fun a room to work in as my studio, where I coach and
teach. So I look forward to re-creating the office in a way that
supports my spirit, and the business, and I know that's going to
translate into better flow, more ease, and more business, as well!
Obviously, I wasn't going to clean up this 'stuff' in my life on my
own, or I would have taken too long to do it. Since I always ask the
Universe to give me what I need, I'm grateful for this event as a
gift, complete with opportunities, awareness, a new sense of peace,
and the new carpet, too!
In what areas of your life do you have challenges that you might be
able to reframe? Even if you don't know how, or what to think, just
the willingness to move in the direction of gratitude will bring huge
rewards. If I can help, contact me. I look forward to supporting you
in looking at your life and saying 'What a wonderful gift!'
Pamela Bruner, Certified Life Coach, EFT-ADV
Creating Powerfully
Phone: 888-736-0620
www.CreatingPowerfully.com
Pamela@CreatingPowerfully.com
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