Day 5

Today's lesson:

I am never upset for the reason I think.

This is such a great reminder that anything that frustrates or upsets us is really a great lesson seemingly in disguise. Our natural tendency would be to blame some outside stimulus for "making" us feel a certain way but, as Eleanor Roosevelt said, "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."

I'm thinking of the Emotional Guidance System in the book Ask And It Is Given by Esther and Jerry Hicks, and also in the first edition of The Secret.

Jacin Steele talks about this concept on his blog:

Thoughts cause feelings. Feelings let you know what you are attracting. There are only two feelings. One feels good and one feels bad. Although there are many degrees of good and bad feelings, there are only these two primary feelings.

Whatever you are feeling is a perfect reflection of what is in the process of becoming. What you think and what you feel always matches what manifests. Your emotions are an absolutely accurate indicator of what you are attracting to your life.

Pay attention to your emotions. Always ask yourself how you are feeling. If you are feeling bad, make a conscious decision to feel good. Feel love, feel health, or feel connection. Even if it is not there, the Universe will respond and attract to you that which you are feeling. If you feel healthy, you will become more healthy. If you feel loved, you will attract more love.

Miracles I've noticed:

Nick Smith's and Kammie Kobyleski's blog posts each seemed to be written for me as I read through them today. Considering today's lesson, I think about what Nick wrote about the problem with leadership and how he reframed that apparent upset to shine light on a different target. Kammie talked about anxiety, perfectionism and fear, which would also turn on its head if we shifted the focus from what we thought it meant.