Time

I recently took a brief 4-week class on prosperity.  I’ve done prosperity classes in the past and have always benefited from them.  There is always something more to learn, some way to deepen my practice, so I was eager to take another class.  One of the areas where I am putting extra attention after completing the class is time.

It is not uncommon for people to hear “prosperity” or “abundance” and think only about money, however it involves much more than just money.  Think about it this way.  If somebody offers to pay you $1,000,000 an hour, but you have to work 20 hours a day, 7 days a week until you die, would you feel prosperous?  Certainly prosperity relates to money, but it also relates to time, health, and relationships as well.  

For me, time has been an area where it has been far too easy to see lack and limitation.  “I don’t have time to exercise because I have to do all this other stuff.  I’d love to learn the piano, but there is no time for that.  I don’t even have enough time to sleep a full 8 hours and still feel like I have a life!”  Any of that sound familiar?  Of course, this line of thinking doesn’t make me feel good, or prosperous, or abundant.  It makes me feel trapped and victimized by circumstances.  Take a look at those statements.  What is the common theme?  What is the common focus?

All of those statements focus on what I feel I can’t do, rather than what I can.  They are all focused on something I am choosing not to do in lieu of doing something else, but from a perspective of being a victim.  Try this on for size.  Feel into the following statements…

“I can’t go exercise because I don’t have enough time!”

VS

“I let's see…  With the time I have I can mow the lawn, read a book, exercise, work on a house project, or watch some tv.  I can get at least two of these in, maybe three.”

Each statement comes from the exact same circumstance.  Which feels better?  Which feels more abundant and prosperous?  Which way would you prefer to phrase your experience?

For me, I’m working on retraining my conscious to the latter.  I still fail, often, but I’m catching myself more and more, sooner and sooner.  “I don’t have time to...no, wait…  What DO I have time to do?”

Unlike last week, I decided that today, I had time to write a blog post.  I have the time to retrain my mind to look at time in a new way.   It only takes the intention to do so and a few seconds when you catch yourself thinking about a lack of time to make a shift.  Do you have the time?