If
you look for the bad in people it isn’t hard to find, especially if your
thoughts are focused on the negative aspect of persons personality or beliefs.
Take
for instance my dog, Chewy Two Toes.
Chewy gets very excited when friends and family visit our home. She acts like an overly excited bouncy dog
with ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), and she has a bad habit of jumping on
people as they enter the door making their way to be seated. Yet I can project how badly Chewy will act
before hand, when I am aware of who is going to visit, due to their expectations
of Chewy’s behavior. Her behavior is
much worse when others expect her to act badly.
Another
example: A person, who is afraid of
dogs, is most likely to be bitten or attacked by a dog. Animals (and humans) can sense fear. When someone is fearful of you, you get kind
of defensive. I know I do. Instead of being an open loving soul, you put
a wall up as you ready for attack.
The
same is true if you regard someone as good natured; that goodness will
resonate.
Next
time you get pulled over by a cop for speeding or whatever, send good thoughts
towards the officer who is pulling you over.
I’ve done this twice and both times I walked away without a speeding
ticket.
The
first time I was in Ohio ,
a state that makes a living off of speeders.
I know because I use to live there.
We were visiting from Florida ;
we had out-of-state tags, and I was doing 80 mph in a 55 mph zone. My wife was flipping out. Her daughter was getting married, and she was
late for a salon appointment. Luckily I
didn’t get so wrapped up in the drama that I forgot what I was taught.
Right
away my thoughts went into action, “That officer is a nice looking young man. It’s a beautiful day, and he’s in a good mood. He doesn’t want to give me a ticket. In a few minutes I’ll be on my way without a
speeding ticket or without going to jail for driving so fast.”
And
guess what, it worked. Not once, but
twice. The second occurrence just
happened yesterday.
A
deputy sheriff pulled me over for doing 53 mph in a 30 mph zone, as I was
exiting the beach. I just about forgot
what I was taught in regards to my thoughts, until the wife asked the question,
“I wonder how much this ticket is going to cost?”
Right
away, I changed my thoughts as I described in the traffic stop in Ohio , “This kid is a
good cop, he doesn’t want to give me a ticket.”
And again, I walked away without a ticket.
The
secret is learning to discipline the mind.
The more you practice. The easier
it becomes. Keep your thoughts pure and
choose to see the good in people, instead of the bad. When you find yourself thinking badly of a
person, look at their good qualities and focus on the positive instead of the
negative.
The
information is available to us to make the world a better place to live. We just need to choose to use it. Make it a loving, happy, positive day ~
expect only the best out of yourself and others.
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