I’ll take God in a can
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This morning I woke from yet another restless night of sleep – my thoughts are running rampant, what if, what would, what should? All night long.
I went to sleep reading Inward Revolution: Bringing About Radical Change in the World by Jiddu Krishnamurti. The book is yet another and ever present reminder in my life to stay in the present – the now.
This morning, I meditated and tried to still my thoughts. Tin woke from a sound sleep and began his moaning about going to school. He asked: What day is it?
Mom: It’s Hump Day.
Tin: I don’t want to go to school on Hump Day!
Mom: Know what happens on Hump Day?
Tin: What?
Mom: Well, who has a hump?
Tin: A camel.
Mom: Right, so we’re on a camel, riding on its hump and we’re in the desert and what do we see?
Tin: Sand.
Mom: [wow] Right, so are riding in the sand and there are dunes of sand everywhere and we come upon an oasis and what kind of tree do we see?
Tin: Palm. Palm trees.
Mom: [wow] Right, and we see a cool spring and we stop to drink and see other animals, what are they?
Tin: Horses.
Mom: Right, so we get off the camel and notice that its hump has gotten all mushy and soft and deflated. What makes the hump hard?
Tin: Water.
Mom: [wow] Yes and food because the hump stores fat and water. Now, let’s get ready for school.
Tin: I want to go to the sand.
It’s called diversion. Don’t focus on the moaning about yet another school day, but on something that is far more fun, more lively, more creative. It worked on a 4.5 year old who was able to call forth images that he learned not yesterday, but a year ago in a book, and so if it works for him. It could work for you.
You don’t need God in a can, you need to flip the thought script.
I can’t, it won’t, what if? – well no, not quite – try this instead: I am and then fill in the blanks.
Manifest your destiny.
Try this one: I am God in a can.
