{"id":1160,"date":"2010-09-05T23:49:53","date_gmt":"2010-09-05T23:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2010-09-05T23:49:53","modified_gmt":"2010-09-05T23:49:53","slug":"we-see-what-and-who-we-want-to-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womens-spirituality.com\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"We see what and who we want to see. . ."},"content":{"rendered":"

I heard a great message this morning at The Recovery Church in St. Paul. \u00a0It was about the power we each have to experience life how we’d like it to be. \u00a0It falls on us to see differently<\/strong> if we want a different experience. Shifting our perception of a person or a situation does change us; it changes our attitude and our behavior. Perhaps you think it’s hard to shift your perception but I assure you, it isn’t. \u00a0It takes a little willingness to ask our Higher Power for the help \u00a0to do it. That’s all. \u00a0And that’s not very much, is it?<\/p>\n

I heard about this “tool,” and a miraculous tool it is, from a friend more than twenty years ago who was involved in another spiritual program, one that I soon realized complemented my journey in AA and Al-Anon. I became a hardy student of this new way of seeing because I could detect a level of peace in him that I didn’t have. \u00a0He said it was because he worked every day on shifting his judgmental perceptions of those people and the myriad situations he was drawn into and if he was willing to see them differently, truly willing, they mirrored who he actually wanted them to be.<\/p>\n

Naturally I doubted his words at first. \u00a0I had spent a lifetime wanting people to change with no success. \u00a0In fact, I went to Al-Anon initially because I thought they would teach me how to change others. \u00a0In time I came to understand what a gift it really is that you can’t change others by sheer will. \u00a0But I was intrigued to find out how to accomplish this changed perception, particularly if it would result in some thing similar to what I had wanted previously.<\/p>\n

George said the tool was a simple one. \u00a0All I had to do, and all you have to do too, if you are interested in this idea is: quietly ask your Higher Power for help in seeing some one else or some situation differently and then pause, allowing time for the changed perception to materialize. \u00a0He assured me it would. \u00a0I have discovered his suggestion to work effectively every time I apply it. \u00a0The key, of course, is willingness. \u00a0The method is to ask and then pause in the stillness. \u00a0Be expectant and your vision will change. \u00a0Your emotions will reflect this and peace will be your gift.<\/p>\n

Are you as peaceful as you want to be? \u00a0There is a way to claim more for yourself and now you know how to do it. \u00a0Go for it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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