Energy

Okay, first things first -- just had another $94 dollar payment post against the principal of the mortgage.  A drop in the bucket, but enough drops add up to a flood.  (There's a great article at getrichslowly.org about Debt Snowflakes which illustrates the point.)

Also, I've heard from some of you readers who aren't sure whether or not you should comment on this blog.  Please -- comment!  We don't have all the answers, but maybe you do!  Please, if you feel called to do so, leave a comment, offer an opinion, share a tip or a trick or a success!  

Now, energy.  Everything is energy.  Everything.  Get right down to a molecular level, and not only is your computer screen using up and spitting out vast amounts of energy, but the very plastics and polymers of the monitor itself are teeming with energy.  Every cell in your body is, at heart, nothing but a physical manifestation of energy.  More importantly, so are your thoughts.

Every thought you have, every idea which pops into your head, every urge, every craving, is nothing but energy, an electrical impulse flitting from one part of your brain to the next.  Think about that.  Every time you think of something, there is actual energy behind that thought.  And while the energy which comes out of the outlets in your wall causes a light bulb to light or a computer to turn on, the thoughts in your head interact with and directly influence the world around you.

My wife and I are fairly normal people.  We aren't extraordinarily special, or extraordinarily gifted.  One thing we are, more so than many other people, is positive.  Ever since we got married back in 2000, we have always thought that we had a very good life, primarily because, no matter what else, we had each other.  After a few years of marriage, we began to notice that good things seemed to follow us.  As much as I don't believe that we live a charmed life, it has seemed that charmed events seem to have come to us on a regular basis.  I don't believe that we were just lucky -- as one of our friends is fond of saying, luck comes to those who prepare -- I really believe that our positive outlook on our lives and our happiness with what we had, even when we didn't have very much, is what has caused all these good things to come into our life.

As you go about your day, watch your thoughts: do you think that things are generally good and likely to go your way, or do you dread all the bad things which, since they've happened to other people, are probably going to happen to you, too?  I'm not talking about a blind Pollyanna-like optimism, that nothing can ever go wrong and only good things are ever going to happen in your life -- please don't think that.  What I am talking about is appreciating and looking for the good in everything in your life, being grateful about what you have, and trusting that, even in the midst of a bad time or a crisis, those things that really matter are still going to be okay.

Focus that energy to be grateful for what you have, and you may just see some good things happening to you like a bolt out of the blue.