Receiving the Gift of Time

We live in a fast-paced, busy world.  This likely isn’t news to anybody.  If you look around, it’s easy to see that people are constantly racing against the clock, trying to fit a myriad of tasks into a seemingly little amount of time, and simultaneously complaining about the busy-ness of it all.  I’ve experienced the same busy-ness, and I know you have too.  What I’ve also discovered, however, is that there actually is a way to increase the time available to you — or at least make better use of what’s available to you.  Simply put, if you want to increase the amount of time in your day, RECEIVE IT.

You see, while it is true that there are 24 hours in any given day, and 60 minutes in each of those hours, the way in which youopen yourself up to that time determines in great measure how your time will unfold.  If you approach each day (or whatever unit of time you care to use in this example) with an attitude of “there’s not enough time” — well, there simply won’t be enough.  If, however, you apply a perspective such as “time expands as I need it” (a mantra which I have used with huge success in my world), you’ll start to notice that time does indeed seem to expand.

The only explanation which I can offer for this is to say that time, like everything else on the planet, is subject to the Law of Attraction.  So whatever you focus on, even with respect to time, is what you get.  Put your focus on the lack of time, lack is what shows up.  Put your focus on the abundance of time, you have more time than you’d have imagined possible.

When I align the simplicity of this learning with what I see out there in the world, and indeed with what I periodically experience myself as a “time-scarcity” I have to wonder, how open are people to receiving the gift of time?  How attached are they to a particular view of time that implies they must be constantly on the move, with no room to breathe?  What I know for sure is that, when I allow myself to stand in a perspective of abundance with respect to time, time shows up.  Time becomes available.  Time does expand as I need it.  And I find time available for my use where I couldn’t have predicted it would be.

Bottom-line:  there is more than enough time in the world for everything that you want and need to do.  The question is this:  are you ready and willing to receive it?

Blessings: In Disguise and Otherwise

So, tomorrow is American Thanksgiving.  To my American friends and followers, “Happy Thanksgiving!”  As a Canadian, it’s been just over a month since I celebrated and gave thanks with my family.  Not sure why our Thanksgiving holidays are on different days, but they are.  And yet, despite that, the intention is the same, obviously:  to pause, and give thanks for blessings, in disguise and otherwise.  The kicker, of course, is that our focus is very much on the “otherwise” — the blessings that are perhaps more obvious and visible.  That being said, the ones in disguise really do warrant our gratitude as well.

For example, I’ve had numerous (and I do mean NUMEROUS) experiences this past week of having scheduled appointments fall through at the last minute.  Reasons have been varied, everything from illness to double-booking, to simply forgetting.  And while my initial reaction is quite often one of exasperation (it can certainly be frustrating to feel “stood up” in any way, shape or form), I’ve actually had some fun flipping the perspective of inconvenience into one of blessing.  You see, each and every rescheduling or rejigging afforded me the opportunity to have the gift of timre that I didn’t originally have.  And for a woman who’s got a whole month of projects and activities to catch up on, unexpected time is absolutely welcome.

So, as you anticipate the pause to give thanks that arrives tomorrow, my request of you is that you look beyond the obvious.  While I know you’re thankful for the abundance of good things, the opportunities in your life, your family and friends, what I really want to know is, what blessings are in your life that are just waiting to be noticed?  What have you not yet acknowledged?  Make a game out of it.  Toss marbles in a jar as you enumerate the myriad of blessings in your life.  Notice how quickly it fills up — and use more than one jar if you need to.

The bottom-line, I believe, is that we are all markedly more blessed than we realize.  Sometimes we simply need to change our lenses — or at the very least, clean our lenses — in order to see the bounty that surrounds us.  There really is much to be thankful for.  Happy Thanksgiving all!