Have you ever felt stuck because you had to make a decision between two choices, and you couldn’t decide which one to choose? Well, many years ago I had this very dilemma. I sat with a spiritual teacher, telling her about my problem and I couldn’t decide which option to choose. She then asked me, “Well, what’s your third option?” I replied, “There is no third option. There’s only two to choose.” She responded, “You never have only two options. You always need at least three. Go ahead, make up a third option.” After a minute of thought, I came up with a third option. And then a fourth option and a fifth option suddenly emerged. I no longer felt stuck. Thomas Edison once said, “When you have exhausted all possibilities, remember this – you haven’t.” We live in a universe of infinite possibilities. Sometimes you feel stuck because you’re looking at what probably can happen. In this case, what you’re doing is calculating probabilities based on your past experiences. But what if who you are and what you’re capable of isn’t limited or defined by your past? When you feel limited by your options, see if you can come up with one or two more options, and then maybe one or two more after that. When you open up to seeing what else is possible, you welcome an energy that reminds you of your own creativity, imagination and power. Just by merely being open to other possibilities, new doorways can appear, doorways that might have been there all along. So if you find yourself between a rock and a hard place, try looking behind door number three. Abundant Blessings and Namaste. 
One of my favorite spiritual writers is Mark Nepo.
Today, I'd like to share with you a contemplative and inspirational quote of his, from his book, The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have. == “The further I wake into this life, the more I realize that God is everywhere and the extraordinary is waiting quietly beneath the skin of all that is ordinary. Light is in both the broken bottle and the diamond, and music is in both the flowing violin and the water dripping from the drainage pipe. Yes, God is under the porch as well as on top of the mountain, and joy is in both the front row and the bleachers, if we are willing to be where we are.” -- Mark Nepo == Breathe in these words. Be still and listen. What do these words evoke in you? Can you be open to witnessing the extraordinary, even in the seemingly mundane of the ordinary? Abundant Blessings and Namaste. |
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