How Can I?

Today I was trying to do something but I wasn’t having much luck with it. In the old days, I would have gotten frustrated and short-tempered. Today I laughed about it with a friend and one minute later the whole thing worked out just the way I wanted it to.

Now, I’m not saying that every time I have an obstacle to overcome, I now make a joke and jump right over it and I did wrestle with this challenge for over an hour before it worked out. What I am saying is that I changed and I learned to to do two things; I never forgot that I could succeed and I trusted the universe to do its part.

I didn’t just sit there waiting for the universe though, I did what I could and kept asking myself ‘how can I? ‘ then I would try, try again, not the same thing over & over hoping for a different result, but trying different approaches to the same challenge. You might say, well everyone does that, but no they don’t. Some people quit, some people get very cranky or have a tantrum. (Truth be told I have been known to break things that frustrated me too much-bet lots of you have too-lol-but that was a long time ago) It’s the attitude that makes the difference that I am speaking of, the trust that what I wanted was going to show up as long as I kept believing it would and doing my part to make it happen.

I have to say that while it was great that what I wanted finally happened, what I really noticed was how I could make a joke about it instead of cussing about it. And I realized that so many things in life would go so much better if we could all just leave the negative emotions behind when faced with a challenging situation because all those negative emotions do is get in the way and steal your joy.

So next time you are faced with an obstacle and your first attempt to overcome it doesn’t work, ask yourself ‘how can I’ do this? and then notice how many answers you give yourself because if you listen you will find that you will give yourself more than one possibility. Then try, try again.